{"id":37839,"date":"2018-04-18T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/18\/under-proposed-dod-cuts-disas-future-gets-murky-fast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:33:43","slug":"under-proposed-dod-cuts-disas-future-gets-murky-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/04\/18\/under-proposed-dod-cuts-disas-future-gets-murky-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"With proposed cuts, what happens to DISA\u2019s mission?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/disa\/2018\/04\/17\/will-mac-thornberry-close-disas-doors\/\" target=\"\">proposed legislation<\/a> introduced April 17, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry targeted the Defense Information Systems Agency for elimination as part of a search for efficiencies military-wide. But it remains unclear what would happen to DISA\u2019s missions and functions if the measures were enacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it turns out, that question was never completely answered in previous efficiency-hunting exercises from Pentagon leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve looked at reorganizing DISA in the past, disestablishing it, but the missions are going to have to be performed somewhere. Part of the problem was there weren\u2019t many details on where they would go,\u201d said retired Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, who served as DISA director from 2000 to 2005. \u201cSo the question has to be, is it going to be value-added and is it going to make sense to do that, and are there savings there that aren\u2019t going to negatively affect national security or combat operations?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a briefing with reporters April 18, Thornberry raised questions about how many of DISA\u2019s missions go beyond what\u2019s already being routed to U.S. Cyber Command under Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Networks, or JFHQ-DoDIN, which is in charge of defending more than 15,000 military networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JFHQ-DoDIN was initially launched in 2015 as part of DISA, but leaders there now report to Cyber Command. The agency was originally created to take over from CYBERCOM on day-to-day network defense responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe end result is to provide unity of command and unity of effort across the entire DoDIN,\u201d Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, then the DISA chief of staff and soon to become JFHQ-DoDIN deputy commander, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2015\/01\/13\/new-disa-organization-to-lighten-cybercom-s-load\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">said in 2015<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to take this off Cyber Command\u2019s plate, because there has been this vacuum at the operational level for command and control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears that returning those functions to CYBERCOM is a key argument for closing DISA, according to Thornberry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA big chunk of DISA\u2019s mission is already on the way toward Cyber Command. That\u2019s happening anyway. That\u2019s what causes us to look at this and say, \u2018OK, once this moves over, what\u2019s left of DISA, and do we really need a seperate organization to do those remaining functions?,\u201d Thornberry told reporters. \u201cThere\u2019s still going to be a whole lot of people at Fort Meade, defending our networks, for example, but as a separate organization do you have to have that as we\u2019re increasing up Cyber Command? I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Mihelcic, a former CTO at DISA, pointed out that JFHQ-DoDIN and the network defense mission is just a small piece of the DISA pie \u2015 roughly 200 staffers compared to more than 5,000 within DISA writ large. Neither of those numbers includes contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a significant mission, but it\u2019s a small part of DISA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raduege also pointed out that DISA is an agency where numerous other functions from other agencies have been folded in over time, and the operations include global missions such as commercial satellite communications leasing for all of the military, secure communications for the White House and other senior government leaders, support to the Joint Staff and disaster response communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOver the years, many missions and activities that, even today, are relatively unknown have been transferred to DISA because everyone was looking to increase efficiencies and effectiveness,\u201d Raduege said. \u201cAnd being a combat support agency, it supports all of the military services. So by putting activities into DISA it\u2019s supporting joint operations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear how many of DISA\u2019s functions as a combat support agency would be protected from Thornberry\u2019s proposed cuts, from which combat support and intelligence reportedly are exempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, it\u2019s worth looking at to determine if there are better ways of doing business and maximizing taxpayer dollars, Raduege noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a static world of information systems and cybersecurity and cloud computing \u2013 it\u2019s constantly changing and evolving. It\u2019s always good to see if there are better ways of doing it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the missions are very special and they\u2019re very critical \u2026 these things have to be protected properly, and national security and support to war fighters is also a very critical element of what we have to do. You can\u2019t shortchange that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DISA officials said they do not comment on proposed legislation and referred press inquiries to the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If DISA gets eliminated, where will its functions go? 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