Christopher Wright, a fracking executive, received Senate confirmation on Monday as secretary of the Department of Energy in a 59-38 vote. Reuters reported that Wright will be responsible for DOE’s budget of
Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, wrote in a commentary published Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal about the launch of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
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Gen. John Murray, commander of Army Futures Command and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Army’s upcoming test of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband will focus on assessing the reliability and potential
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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the U.S. Air Force’s Platform One DevOps team to advance Agile software development by deploying 10 software updates per day for a secure communications platform, Nextgov reported
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A Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report submitted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to Congress shows an 8 percent drop in cybersecurity incidents reported by agencies in fiscal year
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Beth Cappello, acting chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said cloud has played a key role in helping DHS ensure continuity of operations during the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop
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Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai have asked governors through a joint letter
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Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said JAIC has begun using the Air Force’s Cloud One platform
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The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through a petition to repeal or reconsider its approval of Ligado’s application to use the L-band
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Bryan Ware, assistant director at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said CISA has strengthened cyber defense measures at federal health agencies and research facilities as
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has unveiled a new strategy to advance the adoption of secure and resilient 5G networks and stay ahead of potential adversaries.
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