As the military services continue to fight the first war of the Information Age, the Defense Department is making information technology a top priority - but not without major challenges, according to Paul Wolfowitz, deputy Defense secretary. . .
As the military services continue to fight the first war of the Information Age, the Defense Department is making information technology a top priority - but not without major challenges, according to Paul Wolfowitz, deputy Defense secretary.

Wolfowitz said DOD's younger, more IT-savvy personnel - which he dubbed the joystick generation - are making great strides in helping bring the military from the Industrial Age into the Information Age. This means a shift in focus from an overall mass of systems to networked, distributed forces with greater situational awareness.

Much integration work remains to be done and because of the speed of technological innovations, Wolfowitz said it sometimes seems that for "every year we're catching up, we fall three more years behind." He spoke Oct. 30 at the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association's (GEIA) annual budget forecast conference in Tysons Corner, Va.

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