The Senate on Thursday voted 53-47 to confirm Russell Vought as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought, who previously served as OMB director during the last six months
Katie Arrington of the Department of Defense said DoD’s move to come up with a new cybersecurity certification model seeks to get a better oversight of the defense supply chain, Federal News
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Grant Schneider, federal chief information security officer, said China is considered to be the biggest threat to the U.S. in the cyber space domain, The Hill reported Wednesday.
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The Office of Management and Budget sent a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees expressing concern on a provision in the Senate’s defense policy measure that would limit the
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Ashley Mahan, acting director of the General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, said FedRAMP is moving toward a threat-based approach to risk monitoring and authorization, Federal Times reported Wednesday.
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Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said the Department of Defense has identified 127 domestic and overseas military construction projects that could be postponed to free up $3.6B
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The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee submitted its report to the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday examining information and communications technology platforms that are key to emergency preparedness and national security, FCW reported.
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Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology fellow, said NIST is waiting for the Office of Management and Budget’s office of information and regulatory affairs to finish its final review and approve
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The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy have issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to focus on five research-and-development priorities as they draft their proposed
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President Trump has signed an executive order to establish a new advisory committee to ensure U.S. leadership in quantum information science and related technology efforts. The National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee will provide advice
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Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and a 2019 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes 2020 will be a “breakout year” for DoD when it comes
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