Lauren Knausenberger Archives

Lauren Knausenberger speaks on a panel at FedScoop’s ITModTalks 2023. (FedScoop)

Former Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger takes role with SAIC

Knausenberger joins SAIC as chief innovation officer and will also lead the company's corporate strategy function.

Sep 15, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Venice Goodwine speaks at the 2020 Zero Trust Security Summit. (FedScoop)

Department of the Air Force names Venice Goodwine CIO

Venice Goodwine takes over a $17 billion portfolio from former DAF CIO Lauren Knausenberger.

Aug 15, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

The DefenseScoop Podcast

Exit interview with Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger

Knausenberger joins the podcast after almost three years as USAF CIO.

Mar 31, 2023 By DefenseScoop Staff

Air Force’s ICAM roadmap is rooted in a better experience for users, CIO Knausenberger says

In addition to a more secure enterprise, the Air Force's vision for ICAM is meant to create a better user experience for airmen, Lauren Knausenberger said.

Mar 16, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Montana, 8th Communications Squadron infrastructure, gives a briefing on the Wolf Packs network infrastructure status to Lauren Barrett Knausenberger, Department of the Air Force chief information officer, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Shannon Braaten)

Lauren Knausenberger to step down as Air Force CIO

Knausenberger is the third U.S. military CIO to announce their departure from the role in recent months.

Breaking Feb 22, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force chief information officer, receives a mission brief from the 2nd Communications Squadron during an official visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 16, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob B. Wrightsman)

Air Force CIO: Zero trust enhances speed and simplifies environments to work with allies, joint partners

Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger believes zero trust can enable speed and simplicity as the military services look to work more closely with allies.

Nov 30, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Air Force kicks off Cloud One follow-on contract with new RFI

The development of Cloud One Next contract comes as the Pentagon prepares its own $9 billion JWCC contract.

Nov 8, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Burke Baker, a technical director from the 2nd Audiovisual Squadron, operates a switch board in support of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Onramp 2, Aug. 31, 2020 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez)

Losing bidders protest Air Force’s $5.7B Enterprise IT as a Service award to CACI

Accenture, Peraton and Science Applications International Corp. each filed their protests Friday with the Government Accountability Office.

Sep 14, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

DOD wants JADC2; service members still want working computers

Nearly eight months after the "Fix Our Computers" letter went viral, DefenseScoop checks in on what's happened since.

Sep 9, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

Air Force awards $5.7B contract for enterprise IT as a service

The program is intended to outsource basic IT services and free up airmen for more specialized network defense tasks and mission assurance.

Aug 31, 2022 By Jon Harper