President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued draft guidance meant to help U.S. organizations identify, hire and retain cybersecurity workforce. NIST said Wednesday the Cybersecurity Workforce Framework contains category and description of strategies
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced the start of cybersecurity challenge that will run through March 2017 and aims to spark students’ interest in information technology security careers. The NSA Day of Cyber School Challenge
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The U.S. Navyâs Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and the U.S. Air Force held a joint air defense exercise Oct. 25 in the Arabian Gulf to accelerate integration of the two military branchesâ defense strategies. The exercise
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has unveiled the new components in the Defense Departmentâs initiative to help the U.S. military attract and retain the workforce needed for future missions. Carter announced the outreach
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All three secretaries of the U.S. armed services believe that the government’s ability to hire and retain talented professionals will be a critical strategy to address U.S. challenges and threats. Army Secretary Eric Fanning, Navy
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Gen. John Raymond, former deputy chief of staff for operations at the U.S. Air Force, has succeeded Gen. John Hyten as leader of Air Force Space Command during a ceremony held Tuesday at Peterson Air
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Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, sees unmanned systems as tools to help the military branch surpass its enemies in terms of force size, Breaking Defense reported
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has invested $6 million in a technology transfer initiative to obtain scientific and technological systems from government and academia. NOAA said Monday it will apply the
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun work to expand CBP’s Air and Marine Operations Center at March Air Reserve Base in California. CBP said Wednesday it established AMOC to help law enforcement personnel detect, identify,
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Carla Provost, deputy assistant commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) since September 2015, has been appointed to the role of deputy chief at the agency. Provost will
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