Federal CIO Tony Scott believes that the hacking of the Office of Personnel Management‘s databases has brought a needed sense of urgency into the government’s cybersecurity policies, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Jack Moore writes
MoreThe Small Business Administration has pumped $17.4 million in funding into a program intended to help small businesses across the country increase their exports. Small businesses from several states received 40 awards
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Senators will vote on 22 proposed amendments to the cyber information-sharing bill if it comes up in September after the recess amid a packed legislative schedule, the National Journal reported Wednesday. Kaveh
MoreTodd May, formerly manager of NASAâs Space Launch System program, has been named deputy director of the agencyâs Marshall Space Flight Center. May will succeed 35-year NASA veteran Teresa Vanhooser and be
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Federal agencies collectively bought more than $820 million in telecommunication services from industry during fiscal 2015’s first half through the General Services Administration‘s Networx governmentwide acquisition contract. The amount represents a 7.6
MoreThe Defense Department has introduced a new measure that seeks to guide military contractors on when and how to report incidents of data breaches and other network attacks to the agency, Nextgov reported
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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have said that a continuing resolution to extend current government funding would hamper acquisition programs at the military branch,
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget is in search of a new chief for OMB’s Budget Review Division’s budget systems branch, who will be based in Washington and execute funds for the budget systems.
MoreA NASA-owned unmanned aircraft system will fly above hurricanes and other severe storms for studies through the end of September in an effort to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration improve forecasts on
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The U.S. Navy has filed a patent application for a computer method that works to predict the probability of a pirate attack through the use of artificial intelligence, Science Alert reported Thursday. David Nield
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