President Biden intends to nominate Kurt DelBene, a former senior executive at Microsoft, to serve as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ next chief information officer, the White House said Wednesday. DelBene spent
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Science Applications International Corp has won a potential five-year, $93 million contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Integrated Threat/Target Training Systems. SAIC will compete with selected vendors for task orders under
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The Department of Energy (DOE) will lead an international effort to address climate change and move closer to achieving net-zero emissions. DOE said Wednesday it will work with other countries to execute
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The U.S. government has identified four foreign companies involved in malicious cyber activities that threaten national security. Candiru, NSO Group, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE and Positive Technologies have been included in
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a binding operational directive (BOD) ordering federal civilian agencies to patch software and hardware vulnerabilities open to exploit. The BOD 22-01 includes a
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Denice Ross, a public interest technology expert, has joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as U.S. chief data scientist, FedScoop reported Wednesday. “The mission of the U.S.
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NASA has issued a request for information to identify potential industry sources of imaging sensor technology for future Earth observation satellites under the Landsat program. A notice posted on SAM.gov says interested
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The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) has released a white paper calling for the designation of space systems as a U.S. critical infrastructure sector to help drive collaboration between public and
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Four members of Congress have introduced a bill that would make the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) a permanent cloud computing initiative in the government. The Federal Secure Cloud Improvement
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The Department of Energy (DOE) asks the public to submit feedback on stewardship services for scientific software and high-performance computing applications. DOE said Monday that its Office of Science calls for companies,
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