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
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed establishing a centralized system for DHS to manage inquiries, complaints and investigations about potential insider threats. DHS said in a public notice posted Feb. 26 on Regulations.gov it
MoreThe U.S. Navy has submitted an “unfunded priority” list to Congress that includes $1.5 billion for the procurement of Boeing-built F/A-18E/Fs and another $270 million for Lockheed Martin-built F-35Cs, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes the military
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the Defense Department‘s plan to establish an advisory board to help craft technological strategies for DoD to address organizational culture and project management issues. DoD said Wednesday the Defense Innovation
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted eight new coding projects for the open-source community on the GitHub website as part of NGA’s GEOINT Pathfinder initiative. NGA said Feb. 22 two of the open-source
MoreThe Defense Department plans to enlist ethical hackers for a pilot cyber “bug bounty” program that aims to uncover security vulnerabilities on DoD’s public-facing websites. The Hack the Pentagon initiative will use private-sector crowdsourcing to allow participants to
MoreSonny Bhagowalia assumed duties as chief information officer of the Treasury Department in October 2014 and concurrently serves as deputy assistant secretary for information systems at the agency. He oversees the department’s $3.5 billion information
MoreRichard L. Haley II, assistant director at the FBI‘s facilities and finance division, has told a House subcommittee he believes consolidating the bureau’s offices into a new headquarters will increase collaboration among special agents, analysts and other
MoreThe U.S. Army‘s cyber organization took part in a military training rotation at Fort Erwin, California, to facilitate defense and offensive cyberspace, intelligence and data operations during the exercise. The Army Cyber Command said Monday its
MoreDenise Turner Roth, administrator at the General Services Administration, has said President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal would help the agency deliver real estate, procurement and information technology services across the government. She said in
MoreAdm. Michael Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has called on the government and technology sectors to collaborate on how to address consumer privacy and national security concerns, eWeek reported Tuesday. “It’s
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