An Air Force spokesman dashed a little cold water on Louisiana hopefuls who thought Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne’s pronouncement last week of Barksdale AFB, La., as the provisional headquarters for the new Cyber Command meant they had won the race. The Shreveport Times reports that Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said Friday, “The final location of a Cyber Command has not been determined.” That puts the other hopefuls—California, Nebraska, and Texas—still in the running. And, we find that there is a fifth contender. The Daily Press reports that Hampton, Va., where Langley Air Force Base is home to the Global Cyberspace Integration Center, has an ongoing effort to secure the new command.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
