During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing prior to the congressional recess, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) questioned Lieutenant General William Hartman, the Acting Commander of the United States Cyber Command, about navigating the bureaucracy of U.S. Cyber Command.
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00:00Thank you, Senator King. I do have one last question for you, General.
00:05And then I will allow Ranking Member Rosen a final question as well.
00:11Last year, the Defense Science Board briefed Congress on the status of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture, or JCWA.
00:18How is this command addressing the Defense Science Board's concerns about excessive bureaucracy
00:24and lengthy acquisition timelines that prevent cutting-edge cyber technologies from being integrated
00:30into the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture before they become obsolete?
00:37Chairman Rounds, thanks for your question.
00:40In the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, Cybercom was given a number of things.
00:47We put it under the banner of service-like authorities.
00:50One of those was acquisition authorities.
00:52The other piece was enhanced budget control.
00:57And under those authorities, we have consolidated our efforts as it relates to JICWA,
01:04and we are fielding relevant, agile, and not obsolete capabilities
01:10that are positioning us to execute our UCP mission to defend the nation,
01:17as well as to support key geographic commanders like Admiral Paparo and Indo-PACOM.
01:22And we have a plan.
01:24We have a plan to take the six programs that are part of JICWA
01:27that have currently been developed by the services,
01:31and to bring those underneath our program executive office,
01:35really focused on offensive, defensive, and enterprise-level operations.
01:41And it's working, Senator.
01:42And look forward to providing you and the committee additional updates on that.
01:46Excellent.
01:46Excellent.
01:46Excellent.
01:46Excellent.