Afghanistan Archives

Media representatives film and take pictures of a US air force aircraft parked on the tarmac after an evacuation flight from Kabul at the Rota naval base in Rota, southern Spain, on August 31, 2021. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty Images)

From Afghanistan to Ukraine, Pentagon applies tech-centered takeaways amid modern crises

National security officials reflected on how recent global challenges are driving innovation, and new approaches to data.

Jun 13, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

The United States Department of State is pictured in Washington, DC on August 6, 2021. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

State Department launching new assessment-based recruitment process for data scientists

State Deputy CDO Garrett Berntsen tells FedScoop his agency's Center for Analysis has focused "a lot of energy" on addressing its talent gap.

Mar 25, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

DISA’s new HaCC office reflects hybrid cloud reality for DOD

By bringing together its cloud and on-premise data hosting functions, DISA is preparing to embrace the changing nature of hybrid computing.

Dec 8, 2021 By Billy Mitchell

Today, surplus U.S. military planes are stored in the largest airplane boneyard in the world, operated by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona

Air Combat Command directs all installations to use Kessel Run base monitoring software

Kessel Run's software to monitor resources at bases is expanding, and was used in the air lift operations in Afghanistan.

Sep 1, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

KANDAHAR, KANDAHAR PROVINCE – JUNE 06: A soldier stands on an M-ATV, the heavily-armored successor to the Humvee, at a US Army base in Kandahar province June 06, 2010 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The M-ATV and other mine-resistant vehicles have almost completely replaced the venerable Humvee for transporting American forces around in Afghanistan, using innovations like thicker, irregularly-shaped windows to help protect troops from deadly roadside bombs and other explosions. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

DOD IG warns military staff to remove sensitive information from tech in Afghanistan withdrawal

The Inspector General says all personally identifiable information must be wiped from equipment.

Aug 13, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones

Watchdog: USAID e-pay program captures less than 1 percent of targeted Afghan customs revenue

After spending $161 million to help stop customs corruption, USAID officials find their electronic payment system has fallen short of expectations.

Aug 22, 2017

USAID slammed over bad location data on Afghan health care facilities

The government’s watchdog for the Afghan war said the U.S. Agency for International Development has done a poor job of keeping accurate location data and providing working…

Oct 27, 2015

USAID can’t find 80 percent of the Afghan health facilities it funded — IG

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction is worried that a $210 million U.S. Agency for International Development program is working with bad mapping data.

Jul 1, 2015

IG for Afghan reconstruction investigating botched telecom deal

U.S. Marines with 9th Communications Battalion, Bravo Company, Radio Platoon, work on a radio and antenna to check for any loose connections and damage at Camp Leatherneck,…

Sep 18, 2014