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 (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Defense improve communication with industry on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program and come up with outcome-oriented performance measures to
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Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s nominee for comptroller of the currency at the Department of the Treasury, has decided not to push through with the confirmation process for the role. Biden said
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Adm. Christopher Grady, the Biden administration’s pick to serve as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he would use threat-based analyses and data to help address parochialism and reform
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Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, has issued a memorandum announcing the creation of a new position to oversee DOD’s artificial intelligence, data
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The White House has introduced a strategy outlining five pillars of work to fight corruption and one of the pillars is focused on holding corrupt individuals accountable, Decrypt reported Tuesday. One of
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The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has issued an updated version of the R346 requirements document to reflect its decision to continue offering the remote participation option to third party assessment
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The House on Tuesday voted 363-70 to pass a $768.2 billion defense policy bill for fiscal year 2022. The vote came hours after the House and Senate Armed Services Committees reached a
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Gen. John Murray, head of Army Futures Command and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, is retiring after nearly four decades of military service, the service reported Monday. He became the first commanding
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The Office of Management and Budget has released fiscal year 2021-2022 guidance to help agencies comply with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 and the recent cybersecurity
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Reps. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs’ oversight and investigations subcommittee and Tracey Mann, R-Kan., ranking member of the House subpanel, have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to
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