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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
Fifteen small businesses secured Department of Homeland Security grants worth nearly $15 million combined to carry out prototyping work in 10 topic areas, including an artificial intelligence-based distress alerting system, under the second phase of DHS’ Small Business Innovation Research
Three companies, one university and a nonprofit organization have won contracts from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to equip clothing with sensor systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for a contractor to help the agency evaluate semiconductor facility concept plans submitted through the
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting interested government, academic and corporate personnel to become part of a new working group under the agency-led National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. NIST said Thursday
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Eric Fanning, nominee for the U.S. Army secretary post, said he plans to explore strategies to ensure military personnel readiness and reverse a proposed brigade size reduction at the Army if confirmed, Defense News reported Thursday. Jen
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Sarah Zabel, vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, believes the Defense Department should go beyond smartphones in its mobility programs, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Greg Otto writes the Air Force major general
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The U.S. Army intends to evaluate a new suite of tactical network operations tools designed to help soldiers manage voice, data and video communications in the battlefield. An updated NetOps toolset is scheduled to
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National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers has engaged with companies in efforts to identify how they can help disrupt terrorist groups’ exploitation of social media, according to an Atlantic Council blog
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Mark Forman, global head of Unisys‘ public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday he believes hybrid technology is an essential tool for agencies that aim to offer digital citizen
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Navy Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, has said MDA aims to begin flight tests of its modified kill vehicle in 2018 and field the platform by 2019, Space
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The Energy Department has chosen seven project teams to receive a combined $11 million in federal funds to build simulation models and data hubs that can help DOE manage efficiency of the U.S. power grid
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The Congressional Budget Office forecasts the U.S. budget deficit to reach $544 billion in fiscal 2016, about $105 billion more than fiscal 2015’s shortfall, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Andrew Mayeda writes CBO said in a budget and economic outlook report
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Beth Cobert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, has released guidance on exceptions to a policy that caps how much agencies should offer to recruit, relocate and retain employees. Cobert said in
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