The Defense Innovation Unit has appointed David Henry, a senior cyber leader, as deputy chief information officer. Henry announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. David Henry’s Career Background
Jane Fountain, a political science and public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, has said the next U.S. administration should establish within the transition team a group that will
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The Congressional Budget Office has said a proposed House bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security to set up a program to safeguard DHS networks from insider threats would not affect the department’s
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The Internal Revenue Service has launched a crowdsourcing competition that seeks to develop novel ways to present tax information to taxpayers in an effort to help them understand the data as well as their
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The Energy Department will allocate more than $9 million in funds to support 16 clean energy projects in 24 Alaska Native and American Indian communities in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
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Beth Cobert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, has received support from House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to serve as director of OPM on a permanent basis. Chaffetz urged the Senate to confirm
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Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a technique that could potentially help international inspectors find secret sites used for underground nuclear tests within a search area of 1,000 square
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Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific under the U.S. Pacific Command, has been nominated as commander of U.S. Forces Korea. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a statement said
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The FBI and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationt have released a public service announcement that seeks to raise awareness on cybersecurity threats linked to Internet-connected devices in motor vehicles. That PSA posted Thursday says
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department needs to avoid sequestration in order to fund critical investments amid the five global challenges the U.S. currently faces, DoD News reported Thursday.
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Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, chief of U.S. Cyber Command, said Cybercom has seen an escalation in cyber operations by other countries and nonstate actors against U.S. government and private sector networks over
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