{"id":15490,"date":"2020-12-02T22:57:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/02\/how-disa-helped-the-defense-workforce-stay-productive-during-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:58:59","slug":"how-disa-helped-the-defense-workforce-stay-productive-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/show-reporter\/disa-forecast-industry\/2020\/12\/02\/how-disa-helped-the-defense-workforce-stay-productive-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"How DISA helped the defense workforce stay productive during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013 The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Pentagon\u2019s top IT agency to roll out collaboration tools at record speed and scale to a workforce that largely went remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pandemic sent organizations across the United States scrambling to support mass telework, but none had to meet the size and scale of the Defense Department with its millions of employees. One of the major initiatives rushed out by IT leadership at the Defense Department was the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2020\/07\/30\/pentagon-it-shop-looks-to-boost-security-level-on-its-remote-collaboration-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Commercial Virtual Remote Environment<\/a>, a Microsoft Teams environment that provided remote collaboration tools to DoD users across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform has more than 1 million users and provides secure access to unclassified work. According to Caroline Kuharske, senior strategic planner for the services directorate and the strategic communication lead for CVR, the document sharing platform and cloud storage capability has been one of the most popular tools CVR supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuharske told C4ISRNET that part of the success was because early on in the pandemic the team \u201creally clearly defined goals and what the outcome needed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe more that you\u2019re able to message early, with both internal and external sources, that definitely helps to create that narrative that, \u2018yes, we are in a very unfamiliar state, but we are going to be able to do our jobs for this nation,\u2019\u201d Kuharske said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new platform meant users had to learn new tools, which is always a challenge. Kuharske said that the DoD IT leadership set up training programs for employees \u201cto provide that level of comfort to where these warfighters weren\u2019t focused on how hard this may be, but rather, \u2018I can use this new tool and complete my mission.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CVR platform\u2019s self-service capability allows users to reset passwords and accounts without contacting a help desk, a function that has provided $21 million in service desk savings, according to Kuharske.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DISA had to do more than just roll out the CVR platform to ensure mission continuity during work from home. Another critical component was DISA\u2019s Defense Collaboration Services program office, led by program manager Carey Burris. which rolled out a chat tool to Android devices to allow 135 employees to message with DoD employees from their mobile device. 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They may think \u2018okay, I got a shortcut\u2019 or \u2018I can skip this process to move it along.\u2019 But if you\u2019re using automated tools and you\u2019re running those tools, it\u2019s a repeatable process that it\u2019s going through and you don\u2019t have to worry about things being missed,\u201d Burris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some capabilities are likely to remain once work returns to normal. 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