Despite a recent loosening of restrictions by the U.S. Strategic Command on the use of removable flash media, such as thumb drives, the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force have continue to
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After a failed attempt with the private sector, the FCC will ask congress to foot the bill for a wireless communications network for improvement of emergency responders. The plan would cost an
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Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates announced yesterday that Letitia Long is going to serve as the next director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. She is currently the deputy director of the Defense
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Caryn Wagner has finally been confirmed as Department of Homeland Security as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). Her nomination had faced a months-long hold by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). No
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Today, February 4th, 2010, the House passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, H.R. 4061. The act was passed with overwhelming support: a 422 to 5 vote. This legislation included the reauthorization of several
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Yesterday, the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, gave his testimony on the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community in front the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The first topic
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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano has called for a reassessment of SBInet, the virtual border fence program. SBInet is an $8 billion electronic surveillance system, first contracted by Boeing in September 2006. According
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President Obama has ordered the Office of Management and Budget, the Treasury Department and other federal agencies to begin preventing contractors who are delinquent on their taxes from receiving new government contracts.
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Federal contractors working with the Navy can expect to see a tighter financial picture in the future, after remarks delivered by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. At a Navy conference in
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with top executives from major defense contracting firms to reiterate the importance of fulfilling contracts on time and on budget, while assuring the relationship between the federal
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