DISA’s new global data analytic support cell struggles to advance amid hiring freeze

DISA’s new global data analytic support cell struggles to advance amid hiring freeze

The Defense Information Systems Agency has stood up a task force aimed at transforming how the Defense Department operationalizes data, but the department’s ongoing hiring freeze is stalling those efforts. Launched about six months ago, the task force functions as a global data analytic support cell, designed to help operators better understand and use data and to ensure commanders receive critical insights exactly when they need them. “Basicall…