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Mark Pomerleau

Mark Pomerleau is a reporter for DefenseScoop, covering information warfare and cyberspace.

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David Spirk, CDO — Then-Department of Defense Chief Data Officer David Spirk speaks virtually to children at Mitchell Elementary in Tampa, Florida, from the Pentagon on Nov. 16, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

David Spirk, DOD chief data officer, to depart

IT

CIA Director William Burns on information operations — CIA Director William Burns speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 8, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

CIA director: U.S. information campaign ‘effective’ against Russia ahead of Ukraine invasion

IT

Col. Jordan D. Walzer, Marines, information warfare — U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jordan D. Walzer speaks on Camp Lejeune, N.C., on May 24, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Abrey Liggins)

Marine Corps creates information warfare career field

Cyber

Ukraine tanks — Ukrainian servicemen get ready to repel an attack in Ukraine’s Lugansk region on February 24, 2022. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia’s lack of electronic warfare in Ukraine puzzling to experts

Cyber

Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09), then-Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, asks questions of Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter as he testifies in a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee in 2012. Smith is now the Chair of the committee. (DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett) (Released)

DOD must make smarter investments in 2023 budget, says Rep. Adam Smith

R&D

Cyber warfare operators assigned to the 275th Cyber Operations Squadron of the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard configure a threat intelligence feed for daily watch in the Hunter’s Den at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., Dec. 2, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

As threats increase, combatant commands want more cyber support and integration

Cyber

Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts speaks during a ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Va., in June 2020. (DoD photo)

Army network team gets new leader

IT