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
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has vowed to work with other Pentagon leaders to restore normalcy across the department, the American Forces Press Service reported Thursday. Jim Garamone writes Hagel told reporters at
MoreRetroactive pay for most federal employees who were furloughed during the 16-day government shutdown will reflect on their Oct. 25 paycheck, GovExec reported Thursday. Kellie Lunney writes the some workers might have
MoreDefense Department Comptroller Robert Hale estimates the furloughs of 400,000 civilian workers during the government shutdown cost the Pentagon at least $600 million in lost productivity, Defense News reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber
MoreThe funding measure approved by Congress late Wednesday night includes language that grants back pay to federal workers that were on furlough during the 16-day government shutdown, GovExec reported Wednesday. Kellie Lunney
MoreArmy Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency for eight years, plans to step down from his position in March or April of 2014, Reuters reported Wednesday. NSA Deputy Director John Inglis
MoreNew policies governing U.S. exports of defense- and space-related products and services went into effect Tuesday. These updated regulations intended to move less sensitive technologies on the State Department‘s Munitions List to
MoreIran outlined a plan to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program during talks with six world powers Tuesday in Geneva, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Michael Adler writes Iranian negotiators proposed to
MoreSenate leaders have hinted the chamber is closing on a deal to end the federal shutdown and avoid a possible default later in the week, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Both Democratic Majority
MoreThe U.S. Army Research Laboratory has formed an alliance with the private and academic sectors with the goal of preventing cyber attacks on military computer networks. Collaborative Research Alliance will work to
MoreThe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have called on U.S. leaders to take steps to reopen the federal government, The New York Times reported Sunday. Annie Lowrey and Nathaniel Popper
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