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2021 > May

• Navy Names Rear Adm. William Byrne as Next Warfare Development Director

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• ODNI Issues Report on Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities; Ben Huebner Quoted

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• VP Kamala Harris Named Head of National Space Council

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• William Nelson: Army’s New Capability Document to Help Inform Future Tactical Space Sensor Platform

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• NSA Teams With National Cryptologic Foundation to Promote Cyberecurity Awareness

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• Sen. Mark Warner: Mandatory Cyber Threat Reporting Bill in the Works

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• Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $6.2 Million of Additional Funding to Support the U.S. Army’s Blue Force Tracking System

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• David Spirk: DOD Working on New Data Policy

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• Kathleen Hicks: DOD 2022 Budget Request to Focus on Software, Munitions

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• Justice Department Reviews Efforts Against Foreign Cyber Threats; Lisa Monaco Quoted

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• AFS Appoints Chris Bjornson As Cloud Practice Lead and Ben Peavy As CIO

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• Noblis Acquires McKean Defense and its Affiliates; President, CEO Amr ElSawy Quoted

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• DARPA Picks Eight Teams for Subterranean Challenge Robot Competition Finals

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• Michael White: Hypersonics Key to Ensuring US Battlefield Dominance

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• NOAA Aims to Expand AI Tech Adoption; Sid-Ahmed Boukabara Quoted

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• Spacecom’s Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt Details Combatant Command’s Priorities

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• Navy Looks to Industry Best Practices to Transform Ship Sustainment Process; Vice Adm. William Galinis Quoted

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• NASA’s Vanessa Wyche Named Acting Director of Johnson Space Center; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• Military-Funded Research Creates Product to Stop Critical Bleeding; Joe Lichtenhan Quoted

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• Rimini Street UK Recognized in the Top Ten of the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces

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• Battelle Creates AmplifyBio to Develop Next-Gen Therapies; Lou Von Thaer Quoted

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• Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt: Space Force Needs More Cyber Expertise

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• SAP NS2 Secures JAB Approval for its NS2 Cloud Platform; Harish Luthra Quoted

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• GSA, OMB Announce Updated Model for Technology Modernization Fund Disbursement; Katy Kale Quoted

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• Ted Kaouk: Federal CDO Council to Release Data Science Training Program Use Cases

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• Chris Ritter Discusses Algorithms, Data Efforts at Idaho National Lab

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• DOD OKs Vulnerability Search on Department’s Public IT Systems; Brett Goldstein Quoted

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• NGA Deputy Director Stacey Dixon Wins 2021 Wash100 Popular Vote Standings; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted

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• Raytheon Intelligence and Space Awarded $228M USSF Contract for OCX Ground Systems; Barbara Baker Quoted

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• William Nelson: Army Wants to Access its Payloads on External Satellites

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• DARPA Event in June to Inform Industry on Upcoming Projects

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• Army Seeks Industry’s Help to Pursue Service-Wide Cloud Migration

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• MetTel Wins Gold Stevie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sales; Robert Dapkiewicz Quoted

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• Hughes and OneWeb to Develop LEO Communications for AFRL

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• CRS Issues Report on 5G Tech’s National Security Implications

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• Lisa Sanders: USSOCOM Eyes Potential Use Cases for AI at the Edge

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• FAA Updates Navigation Charts Amid Rising Commercial Space Launch Activity

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• Susie Perez Quinn Appointed NASA Chief of Staff; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• Senators Ask Biden to Help Advance Plan for Consolidated FBI Headquarters

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• DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Encourages Small Businesses to Increase Ransomware Defense

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• QTS Announces Second Quarter Common Stock Dividend of $0.50 Per Share and Declares Preferred Stock Dividends

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• Lloyd Austin: DOD Needs Boosted Focus on Modern Digital Tech

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• Bob Kolasky: CISA Gains Insight Into 2020’s SolarWinds Cyber Attack

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• NASA Done With Critical Design Review of OSAM-1 Spacecraft

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• Raytheon Intelligence and Space Awarded $175M USAF Contract for Intelligence Services; David Appel Quoted

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• Space Force Accelerating Efforts to Develop Into a Fully Digital Service; Gen. John Raymond Quoted

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• House Lawmakers Ask OMB for IDEA Act Implementation Guidance

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• GAO: DOD Office for Intelligence and Security Should Develop Clear Oversight Expectations

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• John Hill Testifies Before House Panel on Need for Common Guidelines for Space Operations

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• U.S. Spy Agencies Review Software Supplier Ties to Russia Following SolarWinds Hack

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• National AI Initiative Office Launches Online Portal for Programs, Initiatives

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• Fluor Reports First Quarter 2021 Results

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• Amyx Awarded Two Task Orders on DLA JETS Contract; William Schaefer Quoted

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• Brian Conrad: FedRAMP to Implement Threat-Based Scoring in Security Control Assessments

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• Air National Guard Equips New Comms, Targeting Pods on Reaper Aircraft

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• Becoming the Intelligence Community’s University: NIU transitions to ODNI

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• Leidos Completes $380M Acquisition of Gibbs and Cox; Roger Krone Quoted

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• White House Creates Climate Change Support Office via Executive Order

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• Joint Advisory Outlines Russian Intell Agency’s Additional Cyber Exploitation Techniques

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• Gina Raimondo: Commerce Department Seeks to Boost Supply Chain Resilience Through Proposed Office

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• Gen. John Raymond: Space Force Seeks to ‘Move at Speed’ Through Partnerships

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• Derek Tournear: SDA Prioritizes National Defense Space Architecture Delivery Goal

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• DARPA Program Aims to Configure Interconnected Military Networks With Autonomy Software; Mary Schurgot Quoted

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• Comtech Telecommunication Corp. Awarded $3.0 Million Order for Maintenance of Downrange Tracking Stations

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• Jennifer Granholm: DOE to Include Cybersecurity in FY 2022 Priorities

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• FBI’s Jill Sanborn Joins National Security Branch as Executive Assistant Director

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• DIU Seeks New Access Security Tool for Commercial Engagements

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• Honeywell Begins Next Stage in Energy Upgrade Project at Kunsan Air Base

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• Forcepoint Acquires Cyberinc; CEO Manny Rivelo Quoted

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• Guidehouse Plans New Headquarters in Tysons Corner, VA; CEO Scott McIntyre Quoted

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• Industry Experts Share Views on GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting Pilot

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• Robert Cabana Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• NSA, CISA, ODNI Issue ‘Potential Threat Vectors to 5G Infrastructure’ Analysis Paper

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• FBI Links Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack to ‘Darkside’ Group

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• GAO Recommends Policy Options for DOD’s Alternative PNT Tech Pursuit

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• Army Researchers Produce Anti-ferroelectric Thin Films From Lead Hafnate

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• Maximus Commits to Diversity and Equity Initiatives; CEO Bruce Caswell Quoted

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• SEACORP Receives $14.1M WAF Engineering and Technical Services; Bill Blackburn Quoted

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• AeroVironment Board of Directors Elect Wahid Nawabi to Become New Chairman; Arnold Fishman Quoted

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• Katie Olson to Temporarily Succeed Brett Goldstein as Defense Digital Service Director

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• AI-Focused Veterans Affairs Organization Shares Best Practices With Other Agencies

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• SOFWERX to Focus on Procurement Speed for USSOCOM; Brian Andrews Quoted

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• Anritsu and Orolia Form Partnership to Deliver 5G Assisted GPS CAT Solutions

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• Navy Warfare Center, Thermal Compaction Group to Collaborate on Plastic Waste Processor Development

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• House Panel Schedules Postal Service Reform Bill Markup; Art Sackler Quoted

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• Space Force, Industry Partners Integrate 5th SBIRS Satellite, Launch Vehicle

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• DOE Launches Funding Opportunity for QIS, Nuclear Physics Research; Timothy Hallman Quoted

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• FedRAMP Issues Guidance on Remote Data Center Testing

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• DHS Selects Fortem to Participate in Border Aerial Surveillance Program

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• Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $9.8 Million Contract with Tier-One Mobile Network Operator

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• Cobham Mission Systems Wins $7.1M NAVSUP Contract to Deliver Universal Water Activated Release System; VP of Business Development Matt Miller Quoted

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• Deep Labs, Snowflake Form Partnership to Prevent Government Fraud; CEO Scott Edington Quoted

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• Akima Global Technology Meets International Standards for IT Service Management; Juvy McCarthy Quoted

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• Tyvak Announces Ret. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christian ‘Boris’ Becker as Chief Executive Officer

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• DOD Agencies Use Machine Learning to Accommodate Complex Automation

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• Space Force to Integrate Multi-Manifest Satellite Vehicles for Future Mission

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• Air Force Bomber Demonstrates Hypersonic Kill Chain in Recent Exercise; Lt. Col. Joe Little Quoted

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• Klas Government Releases Innovative VoyagerGPU; Chris Ericksen Quoted

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• Navy Announces Transition to ‘Flank Speed’ Cloud Collaboration Platform

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• Brandon Wales: CISA to Pilot ‘Threat Hardened Cloud Environment’

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• James Geurts: DOD Officials Ramp Up Efforts to Improve Procurement Process

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• New NSF Program Studying Use of AI to Enable Early Disease Outbreak Detection; Katharina Dittmar Quoted

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• IRS Builds Contract Award Timeframe Forecasting Tool; Shanna Webbers Quoted

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• KBR Secures $51.2M NOAA Contract to Monitor Space Weather; Byron Bright Quoted

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• Teledyne to Hold Investor Meetings

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• Yll Bajraktari of AI Commission Underscores Need for US Companies to Develop AI Tech Responsibly

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• Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Help Air Force Apply Ground Tracking Satellites

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• NSWC Dahlgren Division to Unify Naval Combat Simulation Systems; Howard Kohl Quoted

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• UMD College Park to Continue Cooperative Research for NASA

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• DataRobot Announces AI for Health Incubator; Sally Embrey Quoted

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• Air Force Lists Potential New KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Bases

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• Air Combat Command to Update Force Generation Model; Gen. Mark Kelly Quoted

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• Frederick Stefany: Navy Eyes Digital Engineering Collaboration With Industry

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• Gen. John Hyten: JROC Eyes May Release of New Acquisition Requirements Guidance

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• First Company to Clear DOD’s Initial Assessment Awaits Certification as CMMC Assessor; Matthew Montgomery Quoted

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• Bipartisan Senate Bills Seek to Implement Commission’s National AI Strategy

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• MDA to Develop Next Generation Space-Based Hypersonic Weapon Sensors

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• QTS Further Expands its Connectivity Ecosystem with Telia Carrier, the World’s #1 Ranked Global Internet Backbone

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• Veritone Announces MARVEZL.ai VAAS Solution; CEO Ryan Steelberg Quoted

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• Navy Team Triumphs in AWS’ Inter-Service Machine Learning Race

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• SEACORP Secures Naval Undersea Warfare Center Contract; VP Jason Vetovis Quoted

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• DISA Launches Zero Trust Reference Architecture; Brandon Iske, Joe Brinker Quoted

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• GAO Recommends Quantitative, Mission-Critical Skill Gap Assessment in FAA Workforce

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• OMB Announces Graduation of First Group of Federal Employees From Data Science Upskilling Initiative

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• Stacy Cummings on Defense Acquisition Reform

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• Stefanie Tompkins: DARPA Seeks Natural Language Processing Tech for Cross-Cultural Military Communications

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• Mike Wetklow, Stephen Kunze on CFO Council’s Draft Plan for Future of Federal Financial Management

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• Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Homeland Security Committee Reintroduce Bill to Secure Pipeline Infrastructure

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• CAE USA Secures $135M USSOCOM Contract; Ray Duquette Quoted

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• USAF Airman Paul Olexa Pitches Idea to Reduce Foreign Debris Threats

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• Noblis Appoints Four New Members To Its Board of Trustees; Amr ElSawy Quoted

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• NIST Turns to Public for Feedback on IoT Security White Paper

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• NSA Engages With Academia to Address Vehicle Cyber Vulnerabilities

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• FTC: Consumers Lost $80M to Cryptocurrency Scams Over Six-Month Period

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• Nicolas Chaillan on DOD’s DevSecOps Adoption

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• Procurement Collusion Strike Force Combats Illegal Schemes Targeting Federal Contracts; Richard Powers Quoted

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• NIST Seeks Position Papers on Standards to Improve Software Supply Chain Security

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• GSA, DOE Lab Release Blueprint for GEB Integration Into Federal Energy Savings Performance Contracts; Kevin Kampschroer Quoted

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• Epirus Appoints Mark Esper to its Board of Directors; Chairman Grant Verstandig Quoted

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• Accenture Acquires Homburg and Partner; Edwin van der Ouderaa Quoted

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• BlueHalo Supports Expansion of Boys and Girls Club of North Alabama; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

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• CISA Creates Working Group to Secure Space Systems Infrastructure; Brandon Wales Quoted

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• Space Force Eyes Large Investment in Cloud to Drive Data-Driven Decision Making

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• Army Chief Scientist Philip Perconti to Step Down From Government Service

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• Forcepoint Appoints Parag Patel As Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales; John DiLullo Quoted

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• SSTI Receives NIST Manufacturing Partnership Support Grant

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• FCC to Track Providers’ Compliance With Robocall Mitigation Standards Via New Database

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• Tonya Ugoretz on Potential Data Breach Reporting Law

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• Tim Persons: GAO Plans to Build Up Cloud Capabilities Through Innovation Lab

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• NASA Eyes New AI Tech to Streamline Spacecraft Fault Diagnosis Process; Conrad Schiff Quoted

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• Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded Order to Provide Rugged Baseband Equipment

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• Lockheed, Air Force Start up F-16 Production Line to Support Foreign Allies; Col. Brian Pearson Quoted

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• NOAA’s Growing AI Use Prompts Larger Data Storage Need; Jamese Sims Quoted

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• USSOCOM to Address Future Warfare Challenges via Emerging Tech; Gen. Richard Clarke Quoted

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• Smartronix Acquires C2S Consulting Group; Peter LaMontagne Quoted

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• Ball Aerospace-Microsoft Team Completes Demonstrations of Cloud-Based Data Processing

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• Linda Jacksta Joins Deep Water Point; Debbie Dowling Quoted

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• Stacy Cummings Comments on Initial Results of DOD’s Software Acquisition Changes

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• Air Force Conducts Information Warfare Exercises; Jeffrey Phillips Quoted

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• Air Force Approves Neo4j Graph Database Container for DOD Networks; Nicolas Chaillan Quoted

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• Greg Dyer Joins Aspetto to Grow Enterprise IT Division, Bridge Public-Private Tech Sectors; CEO Abbas Haider Quoted

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• DOE Allots New Funds for Nuclear Waste Reduction; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

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• NASA Prepares Navigation System for Future Supersonic Flight Tests

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• Air Force Uses Continuous Evaluation to Maintain Secret Access Integrity Among Personnel; Alecia Davis Quoted

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• Col. Ken Kuebler: Air Force Special Operations Command Eyes Amphibious Aircraft

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• Federal CIO Clare Martorana on Governmentwide IT Modernization Plan

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• DHS Seeks Industry Participants for 2021 Biometric Technology Demo Event; Arun Vemury Quoted

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• NIST Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Model for AI User Trust

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• Contractors Propose US Government-Industry Collaboration Forums for Afghan Drawdown

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• Stephen Forbes: DARPA ‘Likely’ to Choose Two Payloads for ‘Blackjack’ Satellites

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• Lisa Costa: SOCOM Seeks More Flexible Tools to Address Mission Needs

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• Federal Agencies Launch Efforts to Address National Security, Public Safety Risks of Drones

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• NSF-VMware Partnership Awards Digital Sustainability Research Grants to University Teams; Gurdip Singh Quoted

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• Serco Designated VETS Indexes Five Star Employer For Veteran Support Efforts

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• Lumen Technologies declares quarterly cash dividend

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• Astroport Space Technologies Awarded Phase One STTR NASA Contract for Lunar Construction Research; Sam Ximenes Quoted

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• NASA Announces Winners of Watts on the Moon Challenge’s First Phase

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• Gen. Richard Clarke: Future Warfare to Observe Multi-Domain Nature With Special Operations

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• DARPA-Funded Project Demonstrates Security of Puzzle-Protected Computer Processor

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• Ball Aerospace Ships TEMPO Spectrometer For Spacecraft Integration; Makenzie Lystrup Quoted

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• Trade Groups Urge Congress to Increase Fiscal 2022 CISA Budget by $750M

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• Air Force Holds Small UAS Training for Civil Engineering Missions

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• Army Futures Command Looking to Evolve Collaboration Tools to Meet Needs of Hybrid Workforce; Col. Dave Lamy Quoted

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• New National Cybersecurity CoE Project Focuses on Trusted IoT Device Onboarding Processes

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• Oceanographic Research Center Licenses Northrop’s Power Connector Tech; Andrew Hamilton Quoted

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• White House Seeks to Mitigate Climate-Related Financial Risk With New Executive Order

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• Advanced Battle Management System Moves to New Operational Phase; Gen. Charles Brown Quoted

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• DOD Plans To Replace DMSP Weather Satellites Within Five Years; Gen. David Thompson Quoted

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• CISA Adviser Josh Corman: Organizations Must Consider Importance of Product Security

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• Chamber of Commerce Urges U.S. Government to Combat Cyber Threats Internationally; Christopher Roberti Quoted

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• NIST Seeks Industry Input on Data Classification Practices

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• Jefferson Consulting Group Announces Janet Clement as New CEO

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• Lumen Technologies to Present at Investor Conferences

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• Monica McEwen and Amy Chaput Join Deloitte As Managing Directors

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• SBA, Millennium Challenge Corp. Partner to Drive Small Business Innovation for Global Applications

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• Johns Hopkins APL Demos Cybersecurity Technologies for Industrial Control Systems; David Halla Quoted

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• GAO: DOD Should Adopt Leading Practices for Space Systems Acquisition

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• Kevin Cox: CDM on Track to Field Cyber Dashboard at All CFO Act Civilian Agencies

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• OIG Offers Recommendations to Help NASA Improve Cybersecurity Readiness

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• NASA Developing New Earth System Observatory for Guiding Climate Change Mitigation Efforts; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• Battelle, Catahoula Resources Form Partnership to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage; Matt Vaughan Quoted

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• Frost and Sullivan Award Pavilion Its 2020 North American Technology Innovation Award For Hyperparallel Data Platform

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• Space-Based Capabilities Critical to U.S. National Security, DOD Officials Say

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• Bill Hunt Named SEC Cloud Center of Excellence Assistant Director

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• Space Force Opens Warfighting Laboratory Under AFRL; Col. Eric Felt Quoted

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• True North Solutions and Unanet A/E Sign Agreement For Data Management Services; Blair Hanel Quoted

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• CISA’s Nitin Natarajan: Tighter Cryptocurrency Regulations Won’t Deter Ransomware Attackers

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• Report: DHS to Issue Two Cybersecurity Directives for Pipeline Companies; Sarah Peck Quoted

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• GAO: Federal Agencies Should Implement ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Practices

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• DOD Seeks AI Algorithms for Air Domain Collaborative Autonomy Project

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• Rima Kasia Oueid: DOE, Industry Should Collaborate to Develop Quantum-Based Grid Management Tech

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• Stephen Volz on NOAA’s Portfolio Approach to Earth-Observation Mission

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• Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.6 Million Contract for High-Power Solid-State Amplifiers

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• Federal CIO Clare Martorana: Government to Prioritize Cybersecurity in TMF Funding Boost

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• Booz Allen, Databricks Partner To Drive AI Development; SVP John Larson Quoted

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• Air Force Department to Decide on How to Handle Data Sharing; Taylor Flaxington Quoted

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• Navy Now Ready to Use New Precision Landing System on Aircraft Carriers

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• Alion Awarded $87M DOD Contract For NAVSEA SEA21 Technical Analysis; Glenn Goodman Quoted

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• Darlene Costello: DOD, Space Industry Work Together to Combat IP Theft

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• OIG Urges DHS to Improve Data Collection, Management

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• Army, University of Maryland Sign Cooperative AI Research Pact

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• Censeo Report: Executive Order on Minimum Wage Increase Could Impact Over 30K Contracts

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• Thomas Kenney: Common Standards Needed to Manage Future Joint Warfighting Data, Tech

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• Cobham Signs Agreement For Fuel Tank Inerting Solution For Fifth U.S. Major Commercial Airline

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• Rep. Darren Soto Presents Bill to Establish Blockchain Coordination Office

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• AFRL Demonstrates Networked Weapon Operations With Small Diameter Bomb

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• DHS Taps 25 Small Businesses for 29 Homeland Security Research Projects; Kathryn Coulter Mitchell Quoted

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• Maximus And CNSI To Support Medicaid Claims Processing; Bruce Caswell, Todd Stottlemyer Quoted

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• Alion Receives $64 Million Task Order to Support Air Force Life Cycle Management Center; Terri Walker-Spoonhour Quoted

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• AT&T Lands Four DHS Task Orders Worth $306M For IT Modernization; Stacy Schwartz Quoted

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• Rear Adm. Jeffrey Scheidt to be Assigned as DOD Deputy Principal Cyber Adviser

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• TSA Requires Pipeline Industry to Report Cybersecurity Incidents; DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

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• Lloyd Austin: President’s FY 2022 Budget Could Enable DOD to Go After Needed Capabilities

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• Matt Olsen Nominated to Lead DOJ’s National Security Division

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• DOE Announces $100M in Research Grants to Early-Career Scientists; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

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• DOD Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Postaward Debriefings

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• President Biden Eyes $6T Budget Proposal to Bolster U.S. Economy, Livelihood

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• Battelle Partners with Ohio State and Northwestern To Combat COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’

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• Senate Confirms Christine Wormuth for Army Secretary Role

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• AFRL Nano-Bio Materials Consortium Announces Government-Industry Collaboration for Medical Tech

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• NRO To Use Commercial Launch Providers For Low-Risk Space Missions; Col. Robert Bongiovi Quoted

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