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2022 > June

• Space Execs Get Temporary Clearances for IC’s Classified Cyber Briefing; Kevin Coggins Quoted

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• Pentagon Releases Guidance on Inflation, Economic Price Adjustment in Defense Contracts

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• Navy Tests Mission Computer Replacement for T-45 Trainer Aircraft

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• U.S. to Provide Ukraine With Advanced Rockets, Ammunition

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• MDA Sends 2 CubeSats to Space for Radio Tech Demonstration Efforts

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• GAO Recommends Executive Branch to Formulate National Broadband Strategy

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• NASA Sets November Launch for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2

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• U.S. Army Awards Akima Subsidiary Contract for Cyber Modernization Program Services; Barry Smallwood Quoted

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• GovCon Expert Steve Orrin Discusses Confidential Computing; Government Cloud Security

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• NVIDIA, HPE in Construction Phase of Supercomputer for Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• National Security Innovation Network Announces 4 Winning Teams of Cyber Hackathon

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• State Department Announces $700M in Additional Military Aid to Ukraine; Antony Blinken Quoted

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• Air Force Officers Urge Pentagon to Operationalize Wearable Devices

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• Jenny Tsao Appointed F-35 JPO Chief Data Officer

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• Savannah River National Lab Unveils Regulatory Center of Excellence; Connie Herman Quoted

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• NIH-led Working Group Examining Contracts to Identify Federal Cybersecurity Gaps

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• Army Tests Weapon Systems to Enable Long Range Precision Fires; Maj. Gen. John Rafferty Quoted

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• CGI Federal’s Horace Blackman Talks Technology Strides With Potomac Officers Club

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• KBR Announces Investment in Mura Technology; CEO Stuart Bradie Quoted

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• BigBear.ai Promotes Josh Kinley to Newly Created Role, Julie Peffer Appointed CFO; GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers Quoted

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• Dutch Chip Machine Builder to Invest $200M in US Branch Expansion; Commerce Department’s Don Graves Quoted

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• DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Undersea Vehicle Propulsion Development Program

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• DOD’s Office of Chief Digital and AI Officer Achieves Full Operating Capability

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• Sharon Woods: DISA Completes Migrating 95 Applications Off of milCloud 2.0

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• Christopher Wray: FBI Sets Sights on 3 Factors to Impose Costs on Cybercriminals

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• Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori: Space Force’s Mix of Offensive, Defensive Capabilities Up for Discussion in ‘Strategic Space Review’

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• 5 Examples of Government Regulation of Businesses

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• NASA Seeks to Advance Lunar Excavation Tech via New Prize Competition

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• Johns Hopkins APL Books $638M Deal for DOD Secretary Office Support

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• DARPA Seeking Proposals for ANSR Program to Improve Trustworthy AI; Sandeep Neema Quoted

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• Teresa Carlson Rejoins Microsoft as Corporate VP, Executive-in-Residence

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• Kleos, Navy Partner to Test Geolocation Data Application in Maritime Domain

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• Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori on Needs Analysis for Space ISR Capabilities

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• INSA Recommends Ways to Improve Movement of Cleared Personnel Across Agencies; Larry Hanauer Quoted

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• CISA Releases Advisory on Flaws in Dominion Voting Machines; Director Jen Easterly Quoted

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• Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth Assumes NGA Director Role

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• FCEDA Hosts May 2022 Career Fair for Veterans & Military Spouses

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• Nathaniel Fick to be Nominated as Head of State Department’s Cyberspace, Digital Policy Bureau

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• NIST Seeks Feedback on Preliminary Draft Zero Trust Architecture Implementation Guide

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• Micro Focus Makes Public New Edition of Network Management Program; Travis Greene Quoted

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• Accenture Acquires Advocate Networks to Expand Technology Business Management Capabilities; Keith Boone Quoted

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• NGA Issues RFI for ODIN II Open-Source Geospatial Capabilities, Data Services Acquisition Effort

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• Lawmakers Propose Data Privacy and Security Bill

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• Biden Seeks to Accelerate Clean Energy Production With Défense Production Act Invocation

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• FTC Requests Input to Update Digital Advertising Guidance; Samuel Levine Quoted

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• CISA Director Jen Easterly: Americans Need ‘More Than a Password’ on Sensitive Online Accounts

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• DOE Calls for Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Submissions

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• USPTO Launches Partnership With AI & Emerging Tech Communities

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• AT&T, DOD Demonstrate 5G Smart Warehouse Tech at Naval Base Coronado; Lance Spencer Quoted

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• NIST Launches Prize Competition for First Responder Incident Management Tech Modernization

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• TechnoMile Taps Deepika Gangireddy to Lead Professional Services as SVP; Ashish Khot Quoted

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• UK Defense Ministry Includes AI, Hypersonics in Science & Tech Portfolio

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• GAO: Agencies Should Look at Ways to Use Lower-Risk Contract Types

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• CISA, NSA, FBI Warn of Chinese State-Backed Actors Targeting Network Service Providers

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• DOD’s CMMC Partner Organization Changes Name, Updates Logo & Website

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• GSA Pilot Program Tests Federal Supply Chain Monitoring Process; Sonny Hashmi Quoted

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• Census Bureau Modernizes Geocoding Tool

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• Fulton Bank Names to Michael Landini to New Government Services Team; EVP Mark Smith Quoted

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• Siemens Software Suite FedRAMP-Approved for Government Usage

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• Mitre Launches System of Trust Framework for Evaluating Supply Chain Risks

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• Gen. John Murray Bringing Military, Technology Experience to Hypori Board of Directors

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• Biniam Gebre Drops Out of Federal Procurement Chief Nomination

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• John Sherman, Craig Martell Discuss Focus Areas; Initiatives of DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office

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• DHS Rolls Out Mobile App for Intelligence Data Sharing

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• GAO Assesses Pentagon’s Weapons System Acquisition Programs

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• Army Issues Unmanned Aircraft Engineering Support RFP

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• Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton Nominated as Next Chief of Strategic Command

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• CISA Introduces Cyber Innovation Fellowship Initiative; Jen Easterly Quoted

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• NNSA Completes Exascale Computing Facility Modernization Project at LLNL

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• Former HHS Exec Mike Peckham Transitions to Private Sector with KPMG Appointment

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• Intel Selects April Miller Boise to Lead Legal, Trade, Government Affairs as EVP, CLO

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• NGA Transitions Homeland Security Infrastructure Program Oversight to DHS

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• OSTP Issues RFI to Inform National Strategy on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

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• White House Outlines Proposed National EV Charging Infrastructure Standards

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• NASA-FEMA Partnership Offers Climate Adaptation Resources; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• USMC Lt. Gen. Michael Langley Gets Nominated as USAFRICOM Commander

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• TaxBit Names Lindsey Argalas as Chief Operating Officer; CEO Austin Woodward Quoted

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• NOAA Joins International Effort to Mitigate Climate Change Using Satellite Data

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• U.S., South Korea Collaborate to Accomplish DOD Technology Goals

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• Redhorse CEO John Zangardi: ‘Comply-to-Connect’ is a Foundational Building Block of Zero-Trust

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• Optical Inter-Satellite Link Reached by SEAKR Engineering in DARPA Project; President Jeff Schrader Quoted

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• Senators Ask Biden to Amend Executive Order on Classification, Declassification

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• Lloyd Austin: US Working to Reinforce ‘Guardrails Against Conflict’ With China

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• OMB Unveils IT Operating Plan; Clare Martorana Quoted

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• DARPA Selects 3 Universities to Develop E-Waste Rare Element Recovery Processes

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• HII Ingalls Shipbuilding Christens Navy’s 13th San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock

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• Kenneth Wainstein Confirmed to Serve as DHS Intell & Analysis Office Head

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• Alex Wagner Swears in as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower & Reserve Affairs; Secretary Frank Kendall Quoted

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• GSA Concludes 1st Land Port Project Using Infrastructure Law Funds, Announces New Funding Award

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• DFC Issues RFI for Registration Support for Non-U.S. Grant Recipients

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• Maximus Foundation Dedicates More Than $2M in Annual Giving to Nonprofits; CEO Bruce Caswell Quoted

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• ICF to Conduct Mental Health Research Under DHA Contract; EVP Mark Lee Quoted

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• Clare Martorana: Federal Agencies to Welcome Inaugural Class of 40 Digital Corps Fellows

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• Lawmakers Advance Bipartisan Outbound Investment Screening Bill

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• Lawrence Livermore Researchers Develop Cryptocurrency Concept ‘E-Stablecoin’

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• CISA Deploying ‘FEIT’ Advisors to Help Agencies Strengthen Cybersecurity

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• Boeing to Establish Veterans’ Support Hub in Virginia; David Calhoun, Sen. Mark Warner Quoted

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• US, UK Develop Prize Challenges to Mature Private-Enhancing Technologies; Alondra Nelson Quoted

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• Cyber.Org Kicks Off Month-Long Event to Drive K-12 Cybersecurity Literacy

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• Amy Wood to Lead Financial Segment, Oversee Growth as CFO at Intelligent Waves; CEO Tony Crescenzo Quoted

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• Constellis Business Lands DHS Contract for Protective Security Services; Gerard Neville Quoted

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• April Doss Rejoins NSA as General Counsel

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• DHS Incorporates Cybersecurity Principles Into Positioning, Timing & Navigation Tech Guide

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• House Panel Unveils $762B Defense Funding Bill for FY 2023

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• Army Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton Eyed as Next Special Operations Command Lead

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• GAO Offers Recommendations to DOD on Managing Major IT Business Programs

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• CBO Projects Federal Budget Deficit of $1T, Revenue to Hit 19.6% of GDP in 2022

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• KBR Inks Agreement to Buy Digital, IT Company VIMA Group; CEO Stuart Bradie Quoted

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• Former AFRL Official Kelly Hammett Takes Over as Space RCO Director

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• Charles River Analytics Develops Machine Learning-Based Navy Ship Intelligence Systems Monitoring Tools

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• General Radar Corporation Receives Profitable Series A Funding; CEO Dmitry Turbiner Quoted

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• Executive Spotlight: Keith Cooperman, VP of Business Development at Millennium Corporation

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• Katherine Crompton: DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office Seeks to Put Contracting First

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• Radha Iyengar Plumb Nominated as DOD Deputy Undersecretary for Acquisition, Sustainment

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• DHS-Funded MappedIn Tool Offers First Responder Indoor Spatial Awareness; Kathryn Coulter Mitchell Quoted

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• Pentagon Announces Additional $1B in Military Assistance to Ukraine

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• Joint Energy & Transportation Office Begins Electric Vehicle Working Group Nomination Process

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• DARPA Taps Research Teams to Build Hybrid Reef-Mimicking Structures

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• Emily Ringer Joins SilverEdge Government Solutions as New Chief Human Capital Officer; CEO Robert Miller Quoted

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• DOE Unveils National Strategy for Developing Cyber-Resilient Energy Systems

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• NASA, ESA Sign Agreements on Earth Science, Lunar Exploration Cooperation

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• FTC Report: Congress Should Focus on Legal Frameworks Concerning AI Use

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• Atlantic Council Offers Policy Recommendations for Building Secure Central Bank Digital Currencies

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• Jordan to Procure Modernized Lockheed F-16 Jets

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• Senate Panel Clears $817B Defense Policy Bill for Fiscal 2023; Sen. Jack Reed Quoted

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• CISA Calls for Public Input on TIC 3.0 Cloud Use Case

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• Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Commercial Tech to Support Army’s Unmanned Ground Vehicle Ops

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• Precision Talent Solutions Recognized for Corporate Leadership By International Stability Operations Association; Jake Frazer Quoted

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• Air Force’s KC-46 Conducts First In-Air Refueling Training With CV-22

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• Perspecta Enterprise Services Secures $563M DoD DC3 Task Order; Peraton I&S President Roger Mason Quoted

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• T-Mobile, Oceus Align to Drive 5G Advanced Network Solutions to Federal Agencies; Jeff Harman Quoted

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• OMB, GSA Announce $100M in TMF Funding for Customer Experience Projects; Clare Martorana Quoted

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• Chris Inglis Hosts Forum on Cybersecurity in Public Health Sector

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• Luci Holemans: FAA Shifts to Zero Trust, Evaluates Enterprise Cybersecurity Capabilities

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• Mitre’s Dave Powner, Mark Peters: FISMA Reform Should Align White House, Congress Cyber Policies

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• Marine Corps Posts RFI for Aviation Training System Support

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• Michael Baker International to Deliver F-35B Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at MCAS Cherry Point; John Alberghini Quoted

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• KBR JV Receives From BP Exploration to Reduce Carbon Footprint in Azerbaijan; Jay Ibrahim Quoted

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• DOE Awards $58M in Funding to Advance Clean Energy Technology Development

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• State Secretary Antony Blinken Announces Members of Foreign Affairs Policy Board

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• Neptune Receives Energy Department Contract for West Valley Project Support

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• House Armed Services Panel to Consider Chairman’s Mark for FY 2023 NDAA

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• Battelle Seeks to Eliminate Source of Contaminated Drinking Water With Closed-Loop Tech

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• Lindsey Saul on DLA’s Enterprise Data Management, Information Visualization Evaluation Efforts

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• New Space Force Intelligence Unit to Operate From Wright-Patterson AFB

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• DCSA Renames Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility

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• DOE Invests $61M to Advance Nuclear Energy Research Efforts

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• SpyCloud Appoints Joel Bagnal as Federal Director; CEO Ted Ross Quoted

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• NOAA Selects ASRC Federal Business for Satellite Operations and Maintenance Support; Jennifer Felix Quoted

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• JAIC Taps BlackSky to Implement Data Platform, Meet DOD AI Needs; Patrick O’Neil Quoted

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• Zero Trust, Network Modernization Projects at 3 Agencies to Get TMF Investments; Clare Martorana Quoted

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• Canada to Invest Nearly $4B in North American Aerospace Defense Command Modernization

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• DARPA, Research Firm Unveil Study on Blockchains & Related Cyber Vulnerabilities

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• The Impact of Government Regulations on Small Business Enterprises

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• PSC Scorecard: GSA is Top Agency for Publicly Available Procurement Forecasts

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• NASA Plans 4 CubeSat Swarm Tech Experiments

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• Westat to Acquire Insight Policy Research; CEO Scott Royal Quoted

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• Kathleen Hicks Highlights Importance of Creating Opportunities for Small Businesses

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• President Biden to Appoint Marilynn Malerba as US Treasurer

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• Aeyon Paves Path to Employment for Veterans with DOD Skillbridge Adoption; Peter Hart Quoted

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• Retired Army Serviceman, CACI Team Member William Thetford Decorated with Distinguished Service Cross

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• Navy Eyes Competition for Autonomy Baseline Manager Contract

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• President Biden Signs Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act; Sen. Gary Peters Quoted

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• DARPA Demos Robotic Systems Under Machine Common Sense Program; Howard Shrobe Quoted

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• House Armed Services Committee Backs $37B Boost to FY 2023 National Defense Budget

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• USAF Names Finalist for Fixed-Wing Helmet Development Program

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• Bill Nelson Announces New NASA Advisory Council Members Ahead of August Meeting

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• Michael Bloomberg Sworn in as Chair of Defense Innovation Board

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• L3Harris Recognized for Industrial Security Performance; CEO Christopher Kubasik Quoted

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• Guidehouse Enters Digital Transformation-Focused JV, MPA with TechSur Solutions; CEO Scott McIntyre Quoted

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• MITRE Elevates Two Vice Presidents to New Roles in CAASD, Air/Space Forces Division; Jason Providakes Quoted

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• CDAO, Air Force Test AI-Enabled ‘Smart Sensor’ Autonomous Tech on UAS; Lt. Gen. Michael Groen Quoted

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• Michael Brown: Pentagon’s ‘Hedge Strategy’ Could Help Speed Up Commercial Tech Adoption

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• Jennifer Logan Appointed National Renewable Energy Lab CFO

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• CISA Posts Updated Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture

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• White House Creates Federal-State Partnership to Drive Offshore Wind Development; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

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• Pentagon Announces Additional $450M in Security Assistance to Ukraine

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• DOE to Create New Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute

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• NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission; Thomas Zurbuchen Quoted

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• Hughes Launches High-Speed Internet via LEO Network at Greenland Air Base

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• Mike Kaplan Appointed VP of Business Development at LeoStella; CEO Mike Hettich Quoted

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• HHS Advances Environmental Justice With 13 Programs for Biden’s Justice40 Initiative

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• Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman Confirmed as Army Futures Command Deputy Chief

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• Brad Smith: Microsoft Report Cites Cyber Lessons From Ukraine War, Highlights 4 Tenets to Combat Russian Cyberthreats

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• Former Northrop Exec Anjali Chaturvedi Nominated as VA General Counsel

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• Ventris Gibson Assumes US Mint Director Post

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• US to Help Romania Deploy Small Modular Reactor Power Plant

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• USAF Maj. Gen. Donna Shipton Nominated as Military Deputy to Air Force Acquisition Lead

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• FCC, IMLS Agree to Promote Awareness on Federal Broadband Funding Opportunities

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• U.S. Army Places Order for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles from Edge Autonomy; Joshua Stinson Quoted

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• Beth Meinert Promoted to SVP, Tapped to Lead MITRE Public Sector; Jason Providakes Quoted

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• UK Government Drops Uncrewed Fighter Aircraft ‘Project Mosquito’

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• SBA Seeks to Reverse Drop in Small Biz Contractors With Category Management Reform; Bibi Hidalgo Quoted

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• Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy Confirmed to Lead Air Force’s Information Warfare Org

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• NSF, DOD Announce Start of Next-Gen Network Tech Research Program ‘RINGS’

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• Lawmakers Request Follow-Up GAO Study of Federal Advertising Contract Obligations to Small Businesses

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• 6 Agencies Establish Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium

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• Netskope to Modernize Data Security for USPTO Under Inaugural SASE Contract; Beau Hutto Quoted

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• DHS S&T Demos First Responder Innovations at Interschutz 2022

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• State Department Posts RFI for Web-Based Procurement Forecasting Tool

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• Robert Knapp Added to Maximus Executive Team as SVP of Digital Government Solutions

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• White House Announces $700M in Industry Commitments for Electric Vehicle Charger Production

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• Frank Calvelli: Fixed-Price Contracts Could Help Speed Up Acquisition Process

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• NOAA Unveils 2 Weather, Climate Supercomputers; Ken Graham Quoted

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• The Cyber AB Announces Formation of Academic Advisory Council

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• VA Offers Unified Sign-in Experience With Login.gov Implementation; VA CTO Charles Worthington Quoted

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• FBI Campaign Seeks to Raise Cybersecurity Awareness in Washington Metropolitan Area

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• Air Force Seeks to Partner With HBCUs for New Research Center; Frank Kendall Quoted

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• DHS S&T Demos Remote Airport Security Screening Software

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• Palo Alto Networks Products Available via Streamlined DOD ESI Contract; Scott Widdifield Quoted

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• Verizon, BIE to Install High-Speed Internet at 80 Indigenous American Schools; Maggie Hallbach Quoted

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• FedRAMP Announces Update to Plan of Actions and Milestones Template

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• Frank Calvelli: Phase 3 NSSL Acquisition Strategy Could Be Ready by End of Fall

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• Biden Pledges to Increase US Military Presence in Europe

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• Timothy Langan Promoted as FBI Criminal, Cyber Branch Head

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• NASA Seeks Industry Partners for Single-Aisle Aircraft Technology Development; Bill Nelson Quoted

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• DLA Recycling Optical-grade Germanium to Boost Domestic Supply

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• Lorraine Corcoran Named EVP of Corporate Communications at CACI; John Mengucci Quoted

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• DOE Announces $500M Clean Energy Demonstration Program; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

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• Maj. Gen. Philip Garrant Nominated as Deputy Chief of Space Operations

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• DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Booz Allen for Alleged Antitrust Violations in EverWatch Buy

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