The Department of Defense (DoD) obligated $445.5 billion on contract awards during fiscal year 2020, a nearly 10 percent increase from the year-ago period's contracting obligations of $404.5 billion, driven primarily by
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The Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy has published a book about the danger of biological threats and to explain what lessons can the U.S. learn from the coronavirus pandemic to build
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Tonya Ugoretz, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, said at least 20,000 reports of malicious emails, scams and other cyber threats related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been lodged this year
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A Pandemic Response Accountability Committee report has identified the top challenges facing federal agencies in their COVID-19 pandemic response efforts and one of those is financial management. “Key areas of concern include
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Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said DoD may have to take some funds from its modernization and readiness accounts if Congress fails to provide
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Federal officials said agencies should consider modifying their solicitations under the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to meet their telecommunications and other information technology requirements during the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop reported
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Stephen Kitay, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Space Acquisition Council is assessing initial results of a survey about the impacts of the COVID-19
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The Cyberspace Solarium Commission has released a white paper that offers cybersecurity lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and four new recommendations that are classified into two sections. The first section suggests the
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the U.S. is likely to see through fiscal year 2030 a reduction of approximately $7.9 trillion in nominal gross domestic product adjusted for inflation due to
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need to expand rural broadband as more companies advance telework arrangement for their workforce, The Hill reported Friday.
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