The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, a move that could draw closer to reforms in the 12-year-old Federal Information Security Management Act, GovInfoSecurity
MoreThe Defense Intelligence Agency has unveiled an online interface for vendors to demonstrate their technology offerings to mission users, American Forces Press Service reported Thursday. Cheryl Pellerin writes the Open Innovation Gateway
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The Defense Department will continue to request funding for operations in Afghanistan even after U.S. combat troops return home from that country, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Tony Capaccio writes that outgoing Pentagon Comptroller
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has opened an online exchange for existing and new vendors to showcase their intelligence technologies to customers within the agency, American Forces Press Service reported Thursday. Cheryl Pellerin
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The administration has submitted an overseas contingency operations spending plan requesting Congress to allot the Defense and State departments a total of $60 billion in 2015 for global contingencies, Defense News reported Wednesday.
MoreJamie Morin, comptroller of the Air Force since 2009, has been confirmed by the Senate as cost assessment and program evaluation lead at the Defense Department, Defense News reported Wednesday. Marcus Weisberger
MoreThe U.S. Agriculture Department has certified an Esri-made online cloud mapping platform as compliant with security requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act. Esri obtained a FISMA authority-to-operate status from USDA
MoreDr. Carolyn Clancy, who joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in August 2013, will assume the role of VA undersecretary for health in an interim capacity beginning July 2. Acting VA Secretary
MoreThe Defense Department‘s plan to roll out an agency-wide information technology platform could face delays as officials consider first some cybersecurity factors, FCW reported Tuesday. Adm. Michael Rogers, director of National Security Agency,
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