The Department of Labor (DOL) has released new guidelines on ensuring the cybersecurity of systems that are key to protecting $9.3 trillion in retirement benefits for over 34 million participants in contribution
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for public input on a draft plan to promote government and industry engagement in artificial intelligence initiatives for economic and national security applications.
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The Department of Defense found that National Guard and Reserve Components mainly rely on “cascading” legacy technologies and equipment instead of modernizing such assets, Rotor and Wing International reported Monday.
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The National Security Agency’s Office of the Inspector General released a report stating that the agency didn’t properly handle its contracting procedures and signals intelligence data repository. The report, which consolidates audits
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The U.S. Cyber Command has found that a known Microsoft Outlook bug is being used to launch malicious attacks, Nextgov reported Friday.
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The Department of Defense facilitated an exercise that tests the capacity of cyber planning units within the combatant commands to help commanders better integrate cyber operations in the battlefield, Fifth Domain reported
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Adm. Bill Moran, the U.S. Navy’s nominee for chief of naval operations, has declined his appointment as the 32nd CNO due to ongoing investigations, USNI News reported Sunday.
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Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, said at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event in Washington, D.C. that the U.S. must focus on nuclear triad revitalization, National Defense magazine
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President Trump has signed the Taxpayer First Act extending the Internal Revenue Service’s authority to directly hire cyber staff and offer a higher pay grade for such personnel through 2025, FCW reported Tuesday. The higher
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The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Energy to provide wider access to an emergency response guidebook for "dirty bomb" detonation
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Dimitra Stratis-Cullum, biomaterials team leader at the Army Research Laboratory, said at a Defense One event in Washington, D.C. that the Army is studying synthetic biology capabilities for camouflage applications, Defense One
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