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b'The speed of software innovation in industry has the Defense Department struggling to keep its policies on pace with what the commercial sector can provide. To address the problem, the Army\\u2019s new chief information officer said he is prioritizing new policy for cybersecurity, software and data to try and keep up with technological advances.\\nHis first effort \\u2014 developing interim policies that address immediate challenges while working on bigger, all-encompassing guidelines.\\n\\u201cYou see a really big focus on policy, and there\\u2019s a reason for that \\u2014 it\\u2019s a space where we\\u2019ve kind of waited to do it. We\\u2019re going to change these long-standing huge policies that are out there in the Army,\\u201d Leonel Garciga, the Army chief information officer, said Wednesday at an AFCEA TechNet conference in Augusta, Ga.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'