President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense, DOD News reported Monday. Salesses will serve as interim DOD secretary
The Government Accountability Office reviewed FISMA reports of 23 civilian Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 agencies and preliminary results showed inconsistency in agencies’ implementation of requirements under the Federal Information Security
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said SDA will deploy satellites in low-Earth orbit as part of the tracking layer to help detect hypersonic
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The Department of Homeland Security has launched a two-year program to provide federal employees and recent graduates opportunities to contribute to efforts that could help DHS adapt to climate change and enhance
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The White House has issued new guidance directing federal agencies to establish testing programs by Feb. 15, to facilitate COVID-19 screening of certain unvaccinated federal personnel and onsite contractor employees, Nextgov reported
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An annual survey of state and provincial securities regulators conducted by the North American Securities Administrators Association shows that investments linked to cryptocurrencies and digital assets topped the list of investor threats.
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The Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force (ICT SCRM) has announced the Small Business Administration (SBA), National Association of State Chief Information Officers and the National Association of
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Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has appointed Sheriff Robert “Bob” Mosier to serve as the state’s next secretary of public safety and homeland security. “Sheriff Mosier will play an important role in keeping
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Sharon Woods, director of the hosting and compute center at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said systems integrators will continue to play a key role in DISA’s hosting and computing journey, particularly
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said that although there has been no major cyberattacks linked to a flaw in the Log4j software code so far, the vulnerability
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The General Services Administration has released an interim rule to facilitate and complete the transfer of the DotGov Domain Program’s management, operation and ownership from GSA to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
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