Defense's New CIO?

Note from Executive Editor Allan Holmes: Nextgov Editor at Large Bob Brewin, who writes the Defense IT What's Brewin' weekly column, will soon begin to post daily items in a new blog on Nextgov.com. You can still receive the What's Brewin' newsletter every Monday, which will include the previous week's blog items. Below is a sample of the kind of items Bob will write about. We'll post a few more before the What's Brewin' blog officially launches, when you will be able to read What's Brewin' daily.

I'm picking up strong signals that the Obama team is looking at retired Radm. Robert "Willie" Williamson to succeed John Grimes as assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration, the Pentagon's top gadget, gizmo, network and data guy.

Williamson was one of a gaggle of flag officers who endorsed Obama at a highly publicized event in Chicago in March 2008, which was designed to boost Obama's credentials as commander-in-chief. At that event, Williamson said Obama "has all the great qualities and attributes required to carry out the most difficult duties of the presidency."