The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has released a guidance document aimed at improving data protection and privacy measures across the government. Beth Cobert, OMB deputy director for management, writes Friday
MoreAlejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, has urged lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at bolstering the agency’s cyber defense authority and workforce, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Jerry
MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that cybersecurity measures become an inherent part of medical device design and development in the recently released final guidance for device manufacturers on cybersecurity risk management.
MoreThe Air Force Research Laboratory‘s Information Directorate at the Rome Research Site in New York has announced a new $9.9 million funding opportunity for tactical information management technologies. A presolicitation notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps says that
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to develop fresh methods intended to secure Internet-based information and systems from cyber attacks, DoD News reported Wednesday. Jim Garamone writes that DARPA is working on a
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The Energy Department has announced the first batch of data center owners that join the government’s program to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent over the next 10 years. The partners have committed to install new information
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The Pentagon has released a new directive that requires contractors to disclose corporate hacks to their agency clients within 72 hours after the incident is discovered, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein writes
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The U.S. Army is set to discuss cybersecurity policies, practices and training during an annual cybersecurity awareness event in October. The Department of Homeland Security will hold the 2014 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in cooperation with the
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Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of the U.S. Army‘s Cyber Center of Excellence, has outlined his organization’s strategy to integrate its new cyber corps’ functions into the signal, intelligence and electronic warfare corps, Federal News Radio
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Mike Whitaker, deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has urged the aviation industry to equip aircraft with the Automatic Dependent Surveillance â Broadcast Out system by 2020 to foster “next-generation” avionics. The FAA
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