Take off ‘handcuffs’ and make DoD information technology

We still buy IT as if it was a weapon system,” John Hale, chief of cloud services at DISA, said, adding that he sometimes felt he’s “banged [his] head against the wall.
technology procurement and acquisition policies if the US wants to stay ahead of its adversaries in coming years, according to John Hale, the chief of cloud services at the Defense Information Systems Agency. 

With the current policies, the DoD has to plan its budget so far in advance that it has trouble being flexible and adaptable to new technologies, Hale said during a General Dynamics Information Technology event Thursday.