The Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 information technology budget takes risks in the area of modernization because of ongoing fiscal constraints, according to Defense Department IT leaders. During a March 22 House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee hearing, Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen and Deputy Chief Management Officer Peter Levine told lawmakers the Pentagon does not have enough money to finance necessary IT improvements. "I think in the IT area, we're taking some risk in modernization," Halvorsen told the...
