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 U.S. Air Force plans to work on three “vanguard” programs encompassing technologies such as next-generation munitions, navigation satellites and unmanned aircraft, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to deploy a Cerner-developed platform that will handle the processing of electronic health records starting March 28, Nextgov reported Thursday.
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Veronica Daigle, assistant secretary for defense for readiness, said the department is planning to consolidate the Defense Readiness Reporting System as an enterprise system to improve data collection functions, FCW reported Thursday.
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The Office of Management and Budget is mandating federal civilian agencies to submit their annual progress reports on Federal Information Security Management Act compliance by March 2, 2020.
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Tom Cremins, associate administartor for strategy and plans at NASA, said the agency plans to issue a request for information on a next-generation lunar rover “in the coming weeks,” Space News reported
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The Department of Defense plans to collaborate with industry to test 5G technologies at selected military bases next year, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday.
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The Department of Energy has earmarked $40 million to support chemistry, bioscience, geoscience and materials science research initiatives under new and existing Energy Frontier Research Centers for fiscal 2020.
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The General Services Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology are working to implement automation in review procedures for the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program, the Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on the Trump administration to establish a national 5G strategy and spearhead efforts to develop and implement next-generation technologies.
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The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $397,292 to SecureKey Technologies and Factom to conduct phase one research and development activities focused on mitigating cases of fraud.
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