Jonathan Greenert: DoD Supports Cybersecurity Investments Amid Sequestration
Adm. Jonathan Greenert
The U.S. Defense Department is allocating significant investments for cybersecurity as one of its primary concerns despite across-the-board budget cuts in government, ...
DoD & VA to Allocate over $100 Million to Medical Research; Eric Shinseki Comments
Eric Shinseki
The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced they will allocate over $100 million to research the treatment and diagnosis of mild Traumatic ...
FedRAMP’s Controls, Tasks; QinetiQ’s John Lambeth Comments
GSA image
The General Services Administration has taken another step in implementing FedRAMP by issuing new baseline security controls for federal agencies and cloud providers.
The ...
McKeon Proposes Fed Workforce Cuts to Avoid Defense Cuts
Rep. Buck McKeon
House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) has introduced a bill he says will protect help avoid defense cuts by sequestration for at least one year.
According ...
Pentagon Lawyer Pushes Congress to Pass Authorization Bill
Jeh Johnson
The Pentagon’s chief legal adviser Jeh Johnson indicated the Defense Department could be looking at legal complications if Congress fails to pass the defense authorization ...
Pentagon, DHS Probe Expanding Sharing of Cyber Threat Intel with Contractors
The Defense Department plans to expand the sharing of classified cyber threat intelligence between the Pentagon and certain contracting firms to better secure commercial networks ...
Body Armor Testing Improving, Army Says
DoD photo: Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco
The Army is implementing recommendations made by the Department of Defense Inspector General to improve testing and performance of soldier-worn ...
Sec. Panetta: Look Beyond Pentagon for Budget Cuts
DoD photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey
Congress must look beyond cutting the Defense Department’s budget in trying to attain fiscal responsibility, Secretary Leon Panetta ...
Navy CIO Blog Goes Silent
Photo: PinkShot
Newly installed Department of Navy Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen is ending a storied practice as the head of the Navy’s IT that could have Gov 2.0 ramifications ...
DoD’s Flournoy on War and Peace
Michele Flournoy, DoD; Photo: dod.gov
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, in a keynote at Harvard’s Kennedy Forum last week, called for patience from the public ...
