Six software providers to the K-12 education sector have voluntarily pledged to incorporate Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency principles into their product development processes. Classlink, Clever, D2L, GG4L, Instructure and PowerSchool signed
A Transportation Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that a funding shortfall in the agency’s highway trust fund could delay reimbursements to U.S. states carrying out infrastructure work, Reuters reported Wednesday. Elvina Nawaguna
MoreThe White House released a set of fiscal year 2015 budget documents Monday that propose adding up to 14,000 new workers to the existing federal workforce in the next fiscal year, GovExec
MoreThe U.S. Air Force is considering plans to partner with companies and foreign nations on satellite-based surveillance projects as the branch works to manage budget limitations, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes
MoreLt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander at Air Force Space Command, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Gen. William Shelton as command leader, Air Force Times reported Tuesday. Aaron
MoreThe U.S. Air Force is teaching command and control staff how to operate an AtHoc-built mass notification technology as part of a six-week operational readiness and emergency response management course. AtHoc’s Interactive
MoreThe Office of Science and Technology Policy has launched a federal review to examine big data management issues that it believes could shape future policies on citizen privacy, Nextgov reported Thursday. Joseph
MoreThe Army wants ideas from industry on how to develop reconnaissance systems to help warfighters detect and avert threats from drones, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the service’s
MoreThe White House’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 includes increases to out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries under the Tricare military healthcare system, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Michael O’Connell writes the
MoreThe U.S. Agriculture Department has moved to develop mobile applications for agency field staff to manage workloads even in environments with no Internet connectivity, GCN reported Thursday. Mike Cipriano writes Jerome Davin,
MoreA budget proposal released by the White House Tuesday seeks to increase federal workers’ pay and funding for government employee training programs in fiscal 2015, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jack Moore
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