The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, has appointed Daniel Holtzman, a veteran technology leader, as deputy executive director. Holtzman announced his new position in a LinkedIn
The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to move $81 million in funds from other research programs to efforts that seek to advance development work on vaccines against Zika virus,
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The General Services Administration‘s inspector general has found that GSA has adopted multi-factor authentication for 11 of its 18 covered information technology systems in compliance with government policies for data systems. GSA IG said
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The White House has started to conduct discussions on community policing best practices with law enforcement agencies since June in collaboration with the Justice Department. Jerry Abramson, deputy assistant to the president and director
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U.S. Navy researchers have developed a cocktail of customized phages designed to treat wound infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A team of scientists at the Naval Medical Research Center teamed up with the
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has created maps of hotels, transportation system and other venues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed to help security personnel ensure the safety of audience and athletes at
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has implemented several measures that aim to protect information from breaches and other cyber threats. Some of the efforts that FDIC launched in the past several months include the
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has established a 164,000-square-foot facility at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois designed to help DISA monitor the country’s cyber infrastructure and coordinate emergency response efforts. DISA’s Global
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The FBI has launched a digital billboard campaign to raise public awareness of the bureau’s internet crime complaint center and its role as a platform to report online fraud and other cyber
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The White House has released a policy that aims to facilitate exchange and reuse of custom-built source code across federal agencies. Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott wrote in a blog post published Monday
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A Congressional Budget Office report says the federal budget deficit for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2016 reached $514 billion, about $49 billion higher than the agency’s shortfall estimates for the same
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