United States Department of Defense

1993

In July 1993, Deputy Defense Secretary William Perry told defense CEOs at a dinner that defense spending would shrink massively and that they should consolidate.

“at which he explicitly tells them defense spending is going to shrink massively.”

Acquired · Lockheed Martin, 2:33:49

2015

The Department of Defense's 2015 electronic health record contract, won by Cerner as a subcontractor, was worth $4.3 billion and went fully live in 2024.

“It ends up being a $4.3 billion deal, so even bigger than the Kaiser deal.”

Acquired · Epic Systems (MyChart), 2:37:44

Undated

Don Valentine, an early Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sold to the Department of Defense in the early days of Silicon Valley.

“you know, Don Valentine was selling the Department of Defense back in the day, right?”

Acquired · American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle), 0:12:13

Undated

Katherine Boyle says Google pulled out of the JEDI cloud contract because some employees did not want to work with the Department of Defense.

“that was a good example of, say, Google pulling out of working with government because they had employees who didn't necessarily want to work with the DoD.”

Acquired · American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle), 0:14:08

Undated

At his previous company, Chris Van Pelt's team worked with the US Department of Defense and held a meeting at the Pentagon.

“At our previous company, we, uh, were working with the Department of Defense, so we had a meeting in the Pentagon.”

Chris Van Pelt · Unlocking the Power of Language Models in Enterprise: A Deep Dive with Chris Van Pelt, 0:29:32

Undated

Brennan cited the Defense Department's reorganization under the Goldwater-Nichols Act as an influence on his thinking about the CIA.

“I was in the agency when the Defense Department went through its own transformation reorganization as a result of the Goldwater Nichols Act.”

John Brennan · 227. Retired CIA Director John Brennan: Why modernization is ‘never over’, 0:14:54

Undated

The US Department of Defense has an official entertainment liaison office that reviews Hollywood movies and video games like Call of Duty in exchange for access to military gear.

“the Department of Defense has an official entertainment liaison office that reviews Hollywood movies and video games like the Call of Duty franchise in exchange for access to military gear”

DJ Cruz · 1068. Andy & DJ CTI: Omar's Home Raided By Immigration Authorities, James Talarico Resurfaces & Hood Warfare 2 Goes Viral, 0:58:10

Undated

Craig Unger describes the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) as security requirements for all suppliers to the US Department of Defense.

“the CMMC, which is really a set of requirements around how security is handled for all suppliers to the Department of Defense, right?”

Craig Unger · Modernizing Enterprise GRC for Continuous Assurance - with Craig Unger of Hyperproof, 0:04:41