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• Ryan McCarthy: Army to Shift $10B for Modernization Priorities

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• US Representatives Launch Academic Research Security Bill; Jim Langevin Quoted

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• NIST Holds Workshop for AI Standards Development Effort; Walter Copan Quoted

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• Navy to Build New Test Site for Ship Weapons Elevators

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• DHS OIG Lists IT Recommendations in Semi-Annual Audit Report

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• Army Looks to Tap Commercial Techs Through Mad Scientist Initiative

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• CIA Integrating Ethics, Analytics Into AI Initiatives

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• NSF’s S&T Council Seeks Info for Quantum Information Science Policy, Strategy

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• Air Force Partners With FAA to Promote Aviation Nationwide

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• DARPA to Host Second Electronics Resurgence Workshop Summit

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• Raytheon Secures Two-Year Mentor Protégé Program Contract from U.S. Air Force; Bill Sullivan Quoted

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• Army Working on Near-Earth Orbit Satcom Network Capabilities

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• Vice Adm. Robert Sharp Talks NGA’s Strategy 2025 at GEOINT Symposium

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• Commerce Dept Seeking Public Comments on Draft Federal Data Strategy Action Plan

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• House Lawmakers Want DoD to Halt Military Medical Billets Reduction

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• Space Dynamics Lab Names Former Intelligence Agency Director to Guidance Council

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• CIA Vet Kevin Zerrusen Takes SEC Cybersecurity Advisory Role

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• House Panel Seeks Progress Report on DoD’s Electronic Warfare Efforts

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• SOSi Wins “Deal of the Year” at 2019 ACG Corporate Growth Awards; Julian Setian Quoted

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• CBP to Install ROAM Boat Reporting Apps at Michigan

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• Air Force SF Academy Gets VR Tech to Boost Training

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• Navy Renames SPAWAR to Focus on Information Warfare

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• FCC Unveils August Schedule for Emergency Alert System Test

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• New Draft Bill Proposes $35M for 2020 Tech Modernization Fund

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• Christopher Scolese: NRO Needs Public-Private Partnerships to Drive Space Tech Dev’t

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• Draft Plan Outlines Shared, Community Actions to Implement Federal Data Strategy

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• Sens. John Thune, Brian Schatz Reintroduce Small Cell Deployment Act

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• House Committee Seeks Cybersecurity Verification to Address Navy’s Afloat Network Funds

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• Omar Lopez Sworn in as NCIS Director

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• Industry Committee Wants NOAA to Reconsider Satellite Regulation Updates

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• Ed Burrows, Robotic Process Automation Program Manager of GSA, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th

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• DOE Supports 66 Projects in High-Energy Physics Under $77M Funding Opportunity

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• DHS Building New App for Faster First Responder Navigation

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• Army Sets Early 2020s to Field Hypersonic, Laser Weapons

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• Forge.AI and In-Q-Tel Announce Strategic Investment Agreement; LTG John Mulholland Added as Advisor

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• Core Stage of SLS Rocket for Lunar Mission Nears Completion

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• DTRA Unveils 3D Printing Tech for Organoid Systems

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• HHS CIO Jose Arrieta Unveils Top Tech Priorities

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• Anil Cheriyan: GSA Eyes Robotic Process Automation, Identity Management Areas for CoE Program

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• GAO Finds Challenges to Monitor Major DoD Acquisition Programs

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• George Koklanaris, Stefanie Baker Wehagen Fill Executive Roles at SBA

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• Dept of State Eyes Cybersecurity Diplomacy Bureau

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• Christine Gex, Innovation and RPA Lead, DASA-FIM of the U.S. Army, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th

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• IT Experts Urging Gov’t to Launch Blockchain Dev’t Efforts

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• NASA Finds Solution to Address InSight Mars Lander’s Digging Issue

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• DOE, INL Release Cybersecurity Tool for Electric Grid

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• Coast Guard Seeking Funds for Modernized Patrol Cutters, Aircraft

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• NGA’s Cindy Daniell Talks Human-Machine Partnership at GEOINT 2019 Conference

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• Modern-Day Requirements Support a ‘Results-Driven’ Approach for Customs and Border Protection’s IT Modernization Efforts

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• White House Official Calls for More Focus on Workforce Transformation

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• BG Matthew Easley, Director of Army Futures Command and AI Task Force for U.S. Army, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th

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• Jose Arrieta: HHS Eyes Blockchain Tech Partnership With DISA for Identity Verification

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• Senate Confirms David Berger as Marine Corps Commandant

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• DoD Sees Challenges to Promote Information Network Security

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• Air Force Launches Command Health Evaluation Tech in the Cloud

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• DHS Works to Fix Cybersecurity Issues

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• NIST Updates Cybersecurity Guide for First Responders

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• Army Extending Industry, Academic Collaboration for Warfare Tech

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• NASA Moving Forward With Mars Helicopter Testing

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• Air Force Needs Software Experts to Support Field Ops

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• Air Force Declares SBIRS GEO-4 Satellite Operational

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• Future Destroyer Carries Name of WWII Coast Guard Veteran

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• Rick Driggers Calls on Action for Reinforced Local, State Gov’t Security

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• DHS Expects Challenges to Follow Trump Plan to Ban Chinese Techs

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• Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager to Lead Army 40th Infantry Division

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• NGA to Help States Work on Cybersecurity Ahead of 2020 Election

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• Suzette Kent on Agencies’ Application Rationalization, Cloud Adoption Efforts

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• Stoney Trent: Incentives Key to Driving Industry Participation in DoD’s AI Efforts

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• NRC Inspector General Audits Agency’s Cybersecurity; Identifies Staffing Issues

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• Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Enterprise Architect of National Science Foundation, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th

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• Nat’l Space Council Seeks More Gov’t Investment to Accelerate Mars Missions

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• Notice of an Initial Enrollment Period for Our Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Service

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• FCC Eyes Change in Aviation Safety Regulations

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• NOAA Releases Online Water Level Forecast Tech

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• Marine Corps Looks to Buy MQ-9 Reapers to Take New Missions

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• Sue Gordon: Intelligence Community Should ‘Reimagine’ How it Uses Data

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• DHS Expects Challenges to Follow Trump Plan to Ban Chinese Techs

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• Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager to Lead Army 40th Infantry Division

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• Kenneth Cuccinelli Appointed Acting Citizenship & Immigration Services Director

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• Jennifer Costello Takes Lead as DHS Acting Inspector General

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• Brig. Gen. Michael Greiner to Lead USAF Cost Analysis Integration

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• Rep. Michael McCaul Introduces Bipartisan Cyberattack Response Bill

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• HASC Chairman Adam Smith Proposes Smaller Space Armed Service

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• Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Enterprise Architect of National Science Foundation, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th

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• Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, Presents Will Hurd, U.S. Representative of Texas, His Second Consecutive Wash100 Award

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• The Council of Intelligence Issues Hosting “Intelligence Operations in a Digital Age” Event on June 24th; George Jameson Quoted

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• Army Sets New Plans to Boost Air and Missile Defense

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• NASA to Launch Satellites for Signal Distortion Study

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• CBP Reports Breach of Travelers’ Photos, License Plate Images

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• Air Force Students Pitch Ideas Under Think Tank Initiative

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• NARA Eyes Blockchain to Maintain ‘Real’ Information

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• House Panel-Approved FY 2020 DHS Spending Package Includes $2B for Cyber Agency

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• Cindy Daniell: AI Could Help NGA Address ‘Nothing Significant to Report’ Challenge

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• Suzette Kent on Agencies’ Application Rationalization, Cloud Adoption Efforts

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• DOJ Using New Authority, Framework to Build Cyber Workforce

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• GAO: Agencies Must Establish ‘Complete’ IT Modernization Plans

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• NGA to Help States Work on Cybersecurity Ahead of 2020 Election

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• Dr. Pragyansmita Nayak Joins Hitachi Vantara Federal as Chief Data Scientist; Dave Turner Quoted

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• Stoney Trent: Incentives Key to Driving Industry Participation in DoD’s AI Efforts

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• Congress Showing Support for New Space Development Agency

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• DHS Gathers Responders to Test New Techs in Texas

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• FBI Calls for Public to Report Online Phishing Activities

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• NASA to Support Space Resource Mining Projects

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• NOAA Launching COSMIC-2 Satellites for Space Weather Forecast Mission

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• DOJ’s CIO Joe Klimavicz Appointed to Serve Additionally as Chief Data Officer

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• Rep. Will Hurd Presents Bipartisan Bill for IoT Security

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• Mark Esper Offers Updates on Army Futures Command

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• Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, Presents Julian Setian, President and CEO of SOS International, His First Wash100 Award

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• Chinese Investments in US Startups Drop Amid Wider Scrutiny of Tech Deals

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• VA, DoD Propose Program Office for Electronic Health Record Efforts; Lauren Thompson Quoted

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• Paul Hertz: NASA Seeks to Boost Scientific Productivity of ‘SOFIA’ Airborne Observatory

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• Nat’l Space Council Seeks More Gov’t Investment to Accelerate Mars Missions

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• Mike Hatcher Joins By Light as CRO, Mike Bowser Becomes COO; Bob Donahue Quoted

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• Tyto Athene Selected for Next Generation First Responder – Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation; Jeff Murray Quoted

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• Marine Corps Field Testing Mobile Satellite Communications Equipment

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• Marine Corps Looks to Buy MQ-9 Reapers to Take New Missions

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• NOAA Releases Online Water Level Forecast Tech

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• NIST Drafts Best Practices for Software Development Life Cycle Mgmt

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• USAF Hosts Discussion to Address Pilot Oxygen System Issues

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• Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Minneapolis-Saint Paul

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• DOE to Develop Software Apps for New Materials

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• Bridenstine: NASA May Need $20B to $30B to Push Moon Mission

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• Gov’t Officials Cite AI as Vital to Agency Transformation, Modernization

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• House Panel Votes in Favor of ‘Space Corps’

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• Esper: Army Changing Personnel Management to Attract, Retain Talent

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• NSA Launching Cyber Challenge to Attract Talent from Academia

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• NRC Inspector General Audits Agency’s Cybersecurity; Identifies Staffing Issues

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• Notice of an Initial Enrollment Period for Our Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Service

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• FCC Eyes Change in Aviation Safety Regulations

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• Stephanie Shutt: GSA Eyes Consolidation of Special Item Numbers

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• Feds Say ‘Small Wins’ in the Cloud Could Boost Adoption

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• Navy Applies Virtualization Tech to Marine Corps Training

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• Air Force Completes Initial Flight Test of AGM-183A Hypersonic Weapon

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• USAF Tests KC-46 Tanker Refueling With F-16 Aircraft

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• Trump Wants to Cut Federal Advisory Committees

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• Pentagon Plans to Implement Cyber Standards for Contractors

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• OSTP, GSA Issue Report on Agencies’ Use of Prize Competitions; Kelvin Droegemeier Quoted

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• AECOM to Spin Off John Vollmer-Led Management Services Business

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• Marshals Service Deploys Software to Address Agency Inefficiencies

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• Space Development Agency Prefers Leased Satellite Services for Future Network

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• NASA OKs Final Design Phase for Asteroid Study Mission

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• Army Seeks Satcom Capabilities for Integrated Tactical Network

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• DARPA Unveils Gamma Ray Inspection Tech Project

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• GAO: Feds Need New Guidance to Protect Online Applications

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• USAF Applies New Laser Scanner to Radar Surveying

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• Navy Expects Additional Orders for Boeing P-8A Aircraft

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• House Bill Looks to Accelerate DoD Software Acquisitions

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• Judy Stecker to Fill Deputy Chief of Staff Role at HHS

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• Report: US Would See $1B in Economic Losses During GPS Outage

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• HHS Digital Service Lead Describes How Expanded IT Affects Healthcare

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• Charlie Phalen: Tech Adoption, Additional Investigators Help NBIB Reduce Security Clearance Backlog

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• VA Inspector General Office Audits IT Contract Vehicle; Recommends Strengthened Policy

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• DISA’s Contracting Arm to Reduce IT, Telecom Acquisition Service Fee in October

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• Air Force Seeks Funding for Valkyrie Drone Prototyping Program

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• Army Wants to Remain Less Visible in Electronic Warfare

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• USDA Hosts Hackathon for Agricultural IT Systems

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• FAA to Update Procedure on Supersonic Flight Test Permits

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• USAF Secretary’s Space Adviser John Stopher Leaves Office for Industry Role

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• Sen. Joe Manchin Introduces Water, Energy Management Bill for Federal Buildings

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• NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Remains at Risk of Cyber Attacks

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• Independent Board Considers Options to Reduce Federal Civilian Real Estate Footprint

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• NSF Taps Industry to Update Strategic Computing Initiative

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• HHS Awards $49M Contract to KPMG for IAAI Products & Services; Chris Marston Quoted

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• Woodward, Inc. Selects AAR to be the Exclusive Distributor in Support of U.S. Military; Eric Young Quoted

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• Space Dev’t Agency Seeking Low-Earth Orbit Satcom Capabilities

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• DHS S&T Pursues Development of Airport Shoe Scanner

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• Coast Guard to Homeport Polar Security Cutters in Seattle

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• Federal CIO Council Unveils Application Rationalization Playbook

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• Navy Opens New Submarine Facility at Norfolk-Based Shipyard

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• AFMC Introduces Procurement Course for Air Force Students

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• GSA’s 18F, DigitalGov Unveil Online Guide to Comply With Paperwork Reduction Act

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• Jim Bridenstine Says Industry Could Land on Moon Ahead of NASA

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• Gen. William Hartman to Lead Cyber National Mission Force as Commander

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• Christopher Krebs: CISA to Work With DOE on Maintaining US Tech Leadership

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• Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Director of Strategic Technology Protection and Exploitation for DoD, announced as Keynote Speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Secure Supply Chain Forum on July 18th

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• Christopher Krebs on DHS Cyber Agency’s AI Adoption

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• Sens. Rob Portman, Gary Peters Introduce Bill to Support State, Local Cybersecurity

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• New Unit Promotes Rapid Comms Deployment Across Army

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• CISA Issues Warning on Email Phishing Attacks

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• GSA Reflects on NOAA Cloud Transition Initiative

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• Marine Corps to Test New Military Ground-Based Laser Weapon

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• Navy to Hold Christening for USS Daniel Inouye

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• Federal Govt’s Global City Teams Challenge Expo Set for July

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• Maxar Technologies Announces All-Electric Maxar 1300-Class Communications Satellite Set to Deliver Broadcast Services for Eutelsat; Megan Fitzgerald Quoted

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• NIST Recommends New Practices for Unclassified Info Security

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• State Department to Get New IT Governance Vehicle

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• Matthew Donovan: ‘Independent’ Space Force, Satcom Network Key to Battlefield Mgmt

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• Bill to Establish IoT Device Standards Passed at House

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• USDA to Assume Ownership of DHS S&T Bio Lab; Greg Ibach Quoted

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• Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, Director of NGA, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Intel Summit on July 31st

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• NASA Installs Mobility Gear on Mars 2020 Rover

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• NASA Launching Two Missions for Solar Impact Research

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• TSA Plans to Deploy Updated Luggage Screening, Credential Authentication Tech

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• Kevin Phillips of ManTech International & Paul Smith of Red Hat Among New Members of PSC’s Board of Directors; David Berteau Quoted

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• Trump Nominates David Bellon for Marine Corps Lead Roles

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• Experts Cite Need for International Collaboration to Advance Quantum Computing

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• White House Issues Update to 2016 National Artificial Intelligence R&D Strategic Plan

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• Fred Kennedy Steps Down as Space Dev’t Agency Director

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• Tony Braswell: Air Force Unveils Strategic Plan to Change Acquisition Culture

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• Soraya Correa: DHS Component Agencies Strive to Assess Contract Vehicles Against Requirements

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• Report: Commerce Dept Bans US Tech Exports to Chinese Supercomputer Developers

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• ASRC Federal Data Network Technologies Awarded $90M DMIX Contract; Mark Gray Quoted

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• CISA Reports Rise in Iran-Led Cyber Attacks

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• Marine Corps Looks at Challenges to Use IT-as-a-Service Model

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• NSA Working on ‘Explainable’ AI Capabilities

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• CACI Featured on Washington Post’s Top Workplaces for Fifth Consecutive Year; Ken Asbury Quoted

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• Austal USA Delivers Future USS Cincinnati to Navy

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• FedRAMP Launches New Marketplace Guidance Document

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• DHS Opens Center Building at Southeast D.C. HQ Complex

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• New Navy Rescue Ship Named After Cherokee Nation

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• Maxar Technologies’ High-Power Communications Satellite Built for Intelsat Arrives at Launch Base

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• Army Aviation & Missile Directorate Studies on Rotorcraft Tech for U.S.-Germany Partnership

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• John Sanders Stepping Down as CBP’s Acting Commissioner Effective July 5th

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• Mark Esper Reaffirms DoD’s Priorities, National Defense Strategy

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• Navy, HHS Advance Agile Acquisition Culture; James Geurts, Oki Mek Quoted

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• Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee Joins DISA as Individual Mobilization Augmentee

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• Mark Esper Launches Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency

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• OMB Issues Federal Cloud Computing Strategy; Suzette Kent Quoted

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• Richard Haley Joins FBI IT Branch as Exec Assistant Director

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• The Washington Post Lists Tenable as a Top DC Workplace for 2019; Bridgett Paradise Quoted

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• GAO: Congress Should Enact Legislation to Allow T-Band Comms for First Responders

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• DIA Launching Intell Repository System Dev’t Effort

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• New Marine Corps Unit Takes up Manufacturing Training Task

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• Navy Implementing Predictive Maintenance, Analytics to Extend Vessel Lifespan

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• Dana Deasy to Receive Official Presidential Nomination for Pentagon CIO Role

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• Derek Tournear Named Acting Director at Space Dev’t Agency

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• Navy, USMC Increase AI Implementation Efforts; Richard Spencer Quoted

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• Report: Agencies Failed to Comply With Cybersecurity Directives Over Past Decade

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• Suzette Kent: Gov’t ‘United’ in Prioritizing AI Implementation

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• DOE Invests in Public-Private Tech Commercialization Efforts; Rick Perry Quoted

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• Executive Mosaic Updates GovConIndex; UTC Replaces KeyW

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• DHS S&T, USFA, FEMA to Close Wildfire Gaps Under Public Safety Partnership

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• Small Business Administration Reports Contracting Achievement for Fiscal 2018

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• Chris Mihm: Most Agencies Face Critical Cyber Workforce Issues

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• Customer Experience Drives Federal IT Modernization Efforts

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• USMC Eyes Biosensing Tech to Monitor Marines’ Physiological Status, Readiness

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• The Washington Post Selects SPA as a “Top DC Workplace” for Sixth Consecutive Year, Dr. William Vantine Quoted

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• Agencies Advance Trusted Internet Connections Pilots

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• Report: Mark Morgan to Become Interim CBP Commissioner

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• House Passes Contractor Back Pay Legislation; PSC’s Alan Chvotkin Quoted

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• Five Agencies Show Progress in Eighth FITARA Scorecard

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• Kevin O’Connell: Commerce Dept Finalizing Space Data Access Agreement With Air Force

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• Christopher Krebs: US Must Leverage Offensive Capabilities to Address Adversary Actions

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• David Goldfein: Air Force Seeking Commercial Space Tech for Nuclear Triad Operations

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• NASA Concludes Preliminary Design Review of Infrared Telescope Instrument

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• NAVSEA Unveils Roadmap for Navy Energy Systems Dev’t Efforts

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• OMB Issues Updated Data Center Optimization Initiative

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• NIST Releases Risk Management Guide for Internet of Things Devices

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• DOE to Fund Oil, Natural Gas Research Projects

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• IntelliDyne Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3

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• Navy Refines Network Integration Engineering Facility

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• House Committee OKs $12.9B Coast Guard Budget for Fiscal 2020

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• HHS Officials on How AI, Data Sharing Could Help Transform Health Care

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• Sue Gordon: Intell Community Should Expand AI Adoption to Accelerate Data Analysis

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• Pentagon Report Uncovers Risks in Defense Industrial Base

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• Gen. John Raymond Confirmed to Lead US Space Command

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• Will Hurd: Integrated Sensor Network Key to Improving Southern Border Monitoring

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• DOE to Support 58 Nuclear Tech Projects Under Funding Opportunity

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• DHS, Canada Apply AI to Paramedic Operations

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• GAO: DoD Failed to Conduct Regular Contractor Payment Policy Assessments

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• ODNI Creates Tech Innovation Unit

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• USAF Leads Program to Sustain Older Aircraft

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