The Air Force Space Command Communications and Information Directorate recently hosted a Joint Information Environment (JIE) General Officer Summit at Peterson AFB and will host a second summit in mid-September.
At the first summit in mid-August, key Air Force leaders from AFSPC, the AF Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) and SAF/A6 addressed AF JIE strategy, governance, funding and priorities. Maj. Gen. Terrance Feehan, AFSPC Director of Requirements, opened the summit by describing the strategic goals for the meeting, including addressing Cyber acquisition, leveraging the work the AF has already accomplished in modernizing and consolidating the AF Network and driving next steps in AF JIE implementation and teaming. Key topics addressed during the summit included AF JIE governance, security architecture implementation, data center consolidation, and next generation enterprise services.
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