Alan Shaffer, the White House’s nominee for the role of deputy undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Defense Department, has said one of his priorities once confirmed for the post is to
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Matthew Travis, deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has said the agency is working on adapting its cybersecurity strategy to counter advanced cyber threats aimed at the government, Bloomberg
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The Congressional Research Service recently published a report describing four possible ways by which either Congress or the president could establish a space force. A space force could be set up through
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An office within the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the U.S. Navy's Information Warfare Training Group have partnered to align and synchronize the service branch's cyber assessments and monitoring. The FCC said Tuesday
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A Congressional Research Service report says the U.S. Coast Guard requested $750M in fiscal 2019 funds for a program to procure three new heavy polar icebreakers, USNI News reported Tuesday.
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The Defense Department has assigned Col. Christine Beeler, former deputy director of contracting at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to serve as deputy commander at the Army Contracting Command. She will operate from
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has initiated efforts to help the Defense Department’s “fourth estate” agencies move applications to a cloud platform to comply with the chief information officer’s mandate to streamline
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The General Services Administration has started following a new acquisition process that aims to help agencies combine purchases and shorten negotiations with contractors, GCW reported Tuesday.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has recommended that the federal government adopt the “hack back” approach when responding to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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Ed Simcox, former chief technology officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as the department’s acting chief information officer, Federal News Radio reported Monday.
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