Six software providers to the K-12 education sector have voluntarily pledged to incorporate Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency principles into their product development processes. Classlink, Clever, D2L, GG4L, Instructure and PowerSchool signed
Several agencies have requested a “delegation of procurement authority” from the General Services Administration to access other blanket purchase agreements under the continuous diagnostics and monitoring program, FierceGovernmentIT reported Wednesday. David Perera
MoreDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel has discussed the Pentagon’s $496 billion proposed budget for the next fiscal year with the Business Roundtable, Reuters reported Wednesday. David Alexander reports Hagel held the meeting Wednesday
MoreThe Office of Personnel Management wants to update information technology systems used to monitor recruitment, training and retirement processes across government agencies, GovExec reported Wednesday. Kellie Lunney writes Katherine Archuleta, OPM director,
MoreSixty-percent of responding government information technology and financial leaders told an Accenture-backed survey that training programs could increase workforce efficiency amid budget limitations, FCW reported Wednesday. Reid Davenport writes that spending cuts,
MoreSteve Condrey, Federal Salary Council chairman, believes the federal job grading system should be updated to address a widening pay gap between workers in the public and private sectors, Federal News Radio
MoreSikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the Turkish government have struck a $3.5 billion helicopter production deal that aims to strengthen Turkey’s multi-mission capabilities and aerospace export programs, Defense News reported Monday. Burak Ege
MoreSeveral U.S.-based companies are interested in acquiring Britain’s state-owned military vehicle and equipment services provider Defence Support Group, Defense News reported Monday. Andrew Chuter writes Dyncorp International, General Dynamics, KBR Inc., Northrop
MoreThe Partnership for Public Service has recommended government agencies establish recruitment campaigns to attract more college graduates into civil service, FierceGovernment reported Tuesday. Ryan McDermott writes the Washington-based nonprofit analyzed data from
MoreThe U.S. Army Research Laboratory wants to acquire a surveillance technology that can detect and identify improvised explosive devices in highway culverts and tunnels. ARL and the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat
MoreSome technologists working on software-based networking research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and Energy Department believe that SDN technology could bolster the security of agency infrastructures, GCN reported Monday. John
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