Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and John Thune, R-S.D., have introduced a bill that aims to fortify the country's cybersecurity education and workforce. The Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education or
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Beth Killoran, former chief information officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as the new deputy CIO at the General Services Administration, Federal Times reported Saturday.
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Kerry Long, program manager at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, has said humans have the capability to change the future of the cyber domain, C4ISRNet reported Friday. “If you think about it,
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The Department of Homeland Security has created a task force to find ways to encourage private investment in infrastructure at U.S. border crossings because federal money for that purpose has dried up,
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Frank Kendall, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics issued a memo on February 21 allowing Defense Department program managers to discuss the potential impact of sequestration on acquisition
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According to an annual industry forecast, federal agencies will spend less on information technology in the next five years than what was originally forecast last year, Federal Times reports. TechAmerica Foundation, predicts
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The costs of the Department of Homeland Security consolidation project has increased by at least half a billion dollars due to delays caused by budget cuts, according to a Federal Times report.
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Congress avoided the drama of earlier disputes on the federal budget by passing a continuing resolution Thursday to ensure the federal government remains open through mid-December. President Obama signed the legislation Friday,
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With three years left to cut energy use by one-third, budgetary threats and rising cost, the measure to save seems to be in rescuing money spent to light, heat and cool government buildings.
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With time running out until the federal government is forced to a halt after the plug on its funding is pulled, lawmakers in the House and Senate are scrambling to pass appropriations
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