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2018 > November
James Mattis: National Defense Strategy Seeks to Address Threats From Three Angles
John Sherman: Five Eyes CIO Meeting Aims to Advance Intelligence Collaboration, Data Sharing
Navy Prepares for Transition to New Mine Countermeasure Fleet
DoD Comptroller Says Agency Audit ‘Laundry List of Problems’ Contractors Could Fix
Suzette Kent: Trump Administration Will Invest in New Programs to Boost IT Workforce
Katerina Megas: NIST Will Have ‘Internet of Things’ Security Update Soon
Trump Encourages Americans to Focus on Critical Infrastructure Security in November
JILA Researchers Measure Multi-Particle Interactions in Atom Experiment
National Center for Medical Readiness Supports Small Business Training, Testing
NASA Deactivates Kepler Space Telescope After Nine Operational Years
DoD, DHS Prepare for Potential Cyber Attacks in Upcoming Midterm Elections
James Mattis Creates New Task Force to Secure DoD’s Critical Tech, Data
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton: DoD Begins Work in Cultural Changes for Cybersecurity
Security Experts Share Views on White House, DoD Cyber Strategies
GAO Recommends That DoD Clarify Responsibilities, Practices for Nuclear Enterprise Review Oversight
John Bolton Says Federal Budget Deficit Has National Security Implications
Arizona Policy Advisor Joseph Cuffari Nominated for DHS Inspector General Post
Study Calls for Innovation in Tech to Manage Sensitive Gov’t Information
AG, DNI-Led Task Force Rolls Out Framework for Deterrence Efforts Against Insider Threats
DOE NNSA Releases Annual Reports on Stockpile Management, Nuclear Threat Prevention
PSC Outlines Recommendations for ‘Cloud Smart’ Strategy
DARPA Begins Development of Optical Signaling Tech for Parallel Computing Systems
Eric Chewning: DoD Could Remediate ‘About a Third’ of Supply Chain Risks Within a Year
NIH Makes $220M Investment for New BRAIN Initiative Projects; Francis Collins Quoted
Vice Adm. Thomas Moore: Navy Explores Ways to Reach 355-Ship Fleet Target
GAO Audits Defense, Energy Department Budget for Nuclear Arsenal Sustainment, Modernization
Maj. Gen. David Coffman: Navy Plans to Deconstruct Mine Warfare Packages
FDA, DoD Sign MoU to Accelerate Availability of Medical Products for Military Servicemen
USAF Consolidates Contracting Systems Into Single Platform
Peraton Appoints Alan Stewart as Its Chief Financial Officer
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton: DISA Eyes Industry Partnerships to Support Warfighters in Cyber Space
Dana Deasy Talks Cloud, Artificial Intelligence at DISA’s Forecast to Industry Conference
Presidential Innovation Fellows, HHS Partner on Tech Sprint to Improve Patient Experience, Treatment Access
Alan Stewart Named Peraton EVP, CFO; Stu Shea Quoted
Fred Kennedy: Reorganization Efforts, New Tech Procurements Can Advance Space Missions
DHS S&T Applies Machine Learning Approach to Visual Drone Detection
DISA’s Carlen Capenos Lays Down Steps to Bolster Good Relationship with Small Business
USAF Launches Third Military Bug Bounty Program
Air Force to Extend Space Training, Require Top Security Clearance
US Navy Opens New Facility Supporting Nuclear Deterrence Efforts
Quantum Economic Development Consortium Proceeds to Second Meeting, Nominates Leaders
Cybercom Unit Posts Identified Malware Samples on VirusTotal
Rear Adm. David Hahn: Military Needs to Establish Trust as AI Tools Mature
DARPA Selects Potential Launch Sites, Initial Teams for Planned Payload Launch Competition
DoD, GSA, NASA Propose Rule to Include Ombudsman’s Information in Multiple-Award IDIQs
AFERM Certifies 65 Gov’t Employees as Risks Analysts
Dominic Cussatt: EHR Deployment, Cloud Migration Among VA’s IT Modernization Efforts
DOE Executive Karen Evans: IoT May Bolster Grid Cybersecurity
Defense Spending Critic Adam Smith Likely to Become Next HASC Chairman
Christopher Smith: Private Firms Should Lead National Cyber Strategy to Address Cyber Attacks
DHS S&T Begins Program to Test Flood Sensors for Industry-Local Gov’t Disaster Mitigation Efforts
Pete Geren, Raymond Johns Nominated to Serve on Military Aviation Safety Commission
Former Air Force Int’l Affairs Head Heidi Grant Named New DTSA Director
CyberSeek: D.C. Metro Area Has Largest Number of Cybersecurity Job Openings
Tom Becht: Industry Satcom Providers Should Form Consortium to Offer Services to DoD
GAO: Army Corps of Engineers Should Provide Deferred Maintenance Standards, Organize Construction Funds
Rep Elijah Cummings to Probe ‘Waste, Fraud and Abuse’ in Trump Administration
DoD to Include Mobility in Forthcoming Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy
FCC Announces AI, Machine Learning Forum; Ajit Pai Quoted
Report: Revamped VA Website Unifies Access to All Veteran Services
US Air Force Conducts Minuteman ICBM Launch Test
Ellen Lord: DoD to Issue Other Transaction Authority Handbook Later This Month
Air Force Space Command to Assume Commercial Satcom Acquisition Responsibility; Clare Grason Quoted
DOE Opens $100M High-Energy Physics Research Grant Competition
White House Official Sees ‘Business as Normal’ in Admin Tech Agenda Following Midterms
Patrick Shanahan: OSD Expects Space Force Set Up to Cost Less Than $13B
State Department: Foreign Military Sales of Authorized Arms Increase to $192B
NASA Selects 14 Early Stage Tech Proposals for Future Space Programs
DHS S&T Assists Universities in Cybersecurity Risk Management, Investment Decision Making Efforts
DOE Meets Administration Goal of $200M Investment in FY 2018 STEM Programs
IARPA Launches Competition to Develop Activity Detection, Localization Algorithms
Bill Marion: Air Force Aims to Unify Data, IT, Business Systems via CIO Restructuring
Trade Group Warns Against Potential Defense Budget Cuts
Patrick Shanahan Talks DoD’s Digital Modernization Strategy
NIST Publishes Behavioral Anomaly Detection Guide on Industrial Control Systems
UN Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Responsible ICT Use by State Actors
Report: Military Space Programs Prioritize Ground Segment Production
Military Seeks Bomb Disposal Technology Modernization
State Department Looks to Trim Restrictions on ‘Sensitive’ Drone, 5G Technologies
Aspen Cybersecurity Group Sets New Principles to Secure IoT Devices
Scientist Brian Anderson Named Director of National Energy Technology Laboratory
Audit Set for November for FAA’s Drone Authorization Efforts
Dean Boyd: Federal Gov’t Making ‘Significant Progress’ on Insider Threat
DHS Official Emphasizes Importance of Partnerships in Gov’t Cybersecurity Effort
Army Tank R&D Center Showcases Next-Gen Mobility Software Program to NATO Allies
GSA IT Schedule 70 to Get Update for New Wireless Mobility Products, Services
DHS Calls on Industry to Help in Next-Gen First Responder Project
NASA Partners With Breakthrough Foundation for Research Into Enceladus Mission
National Science Foundation Seeks Feedback on 2019 Cybersecurity R&D Strategy
NASA to Implement Structural Change on Astrobiology Program
Congress OKs Bill to Create New Cyber Agency at DHS
DARPA Mimics Power Grid Cyber Attack Through ‘Black Start’ Exercise
Michael Griffin: DoD Plans Increased Budget for Laser Weapons for Missile Defense
Dave Powner: FITARA Scorecard Helps Elevate CIO Role
Report: DoD Implementation of 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act ‘Inconsistent’
Jake Wooley: Modified DCOI Guidance Aims to Streamline Reporting Processes
Conner Prochaska Named DOE Chief Commercialization Officer
GAO: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Process Needs Fix at DOD
DHS Unveils Rapid Soil Assessment Tool for Bridge Safety After Storms
GAO Advises 8 Agencies to Organize Practices for Reviewing IT Budgets
ASRC Federal’s Mark Gray Leads ‘Incredibly Successful’ Heart Walk, Over $2M Raised for Third Straight Year
John Windom Offers Updates on VA’s EHR System Implementation at House Panel Hearing
Eric Schmidt, Eric Horvitz Named to Artificial Intelligence Commission
Navy Looks to Upgrade Virginia-Class Submarines With New Missiles, UUVs
Jonathan Feibus: Cloud Adoption Offers Flexibility to Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Analysis: US Wars Post-9/11 Have Cost Nearly $6T
NASA, Air Force, Boeing Collab on New Pilot, Astronaut Flight Training Tech
Acquisition Reforms Now Helping Air Force Save Budget, Time for Modernization
Maj. Gen. Sami Said Promoted to Lt. Gen.; Assigned as USAF Inspector General
DOE Announces Funds to Support Large Power Transformer R&D Efforts
Air Force Nears Completion of EW Technology Gap Study
Jim Bridenstine Voices Concern Over Potential Cuts in NASA’s Fiscal 2020 Budget
Report: IT Weaknesses Among Largest Issues Uncovered in DoD’s First Financial Audit
GSA to Combine Four Cybersecurity Special Item Numbers on IT Schedule 70
Report: GSA Proposes New Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Contractors
Patrick Shanahan: DoD May Set Up Space Command, Agency in 2019
CBP Awards SLSCO $145M Contract for Border Wall
DHS Official Says Russian Campaign to Infiltrate US Industrial Systems in Progress
USAF Maj. David Allvin Assigned as Joint Staff Strategy, Plans, Policy Director
Air Force Conducts F-35 Auto GCAS Test Flights
NASA Earns Another Clean Financial Audit Opinion
Army Requires More Funding to Achieve Modernization Goals
DoD Seeks to Inform President Trump of Trade-Offs With Smaller Defense Budget
Trump to Nominate Andrew Wheeler as Permanent EPA Administrator
Trump OKs Measure to Establish New DHS Cyber Agency
Patrick Shanahan: Trump Should Understand Possible Tradeoffs in DoD’s Potential $700B Budget
GSA Welcomes Former HHS CIO Beth Killoran as New IT Lead
Military Looks to Replicate USAF Agile Development
DoD Completes Agency-Wide Financial Audit
Dunford Emphasizes Need for ‘Sustained Predictable, Adequate’ Funding in Sustaining Military Edge
DHS, Dutch Gov’t Select Five Teams for Joint Cybersecurity Initiative
NASA, Partners Detail How Human Spaceflight in LEO Can Boost Economy, Exploration
NSC Principal Deputy Executive Secretary Joan O’Hara Assumes Full-Time Role
Air Force Begins Maintenance, Testing of B-21 Raider Aircraft
DoD Tech Head Calls for Boosting US Defense Against Hypersonic Missiles
Army Testing New Command Post System for Faster Field Coordination
NSA Watchdog Looks to Improve Oversight With More Subpoena Authorities
Army Releases Manual on Info Operations Strategy
GSA Eyes New Rules on How Contractors Secure Federal Information
Report: Defense Intelligence Agency Needs to Develop FOIA Backlog Reduction Plan
Watchdog Details Top Management Challenges for DOT in FY19
NASA Selects Landing Spot for Mars 2020 Mission After Five-Year Assessment
GAO Calls On US Navy to Expedite Attack Sub Maintenance Work
USDA Recognizes National Labs for Bio-Based Product Efforts
Report: White House Eyes DoD to Handle Governmentwide Security Clearance Process
Army Corps of Engineers Unveils FY 2019 Work Plan for Civil Works Program
VA Realigns Program Offices for Better Healthcare Coordination
GAO: OPM Failing to Guide Feds in Performance Management
HHS Sets Summit Schedule for Healthcare Sector Collaborative Program
Commerce Seeks Public Input on Identifying Emerging Technologies
NSF Seeks Federal Workforce Management Model via Career Compass Challenge
DARPA Demos UAS With Target Detection Skills in GPS-Less Environments
DOJ Grants $56M for Nationwide Law Enforcement Health, Safety Programs
DARPA Exploring ‘Mosaic Warfare’ Concept Amid Evolving Adversary Technologies
Report: Pentagon Plans to Migrate 80% of Apps to JEDI Cloud
Suzette Kent Issues Draft Memo on OMB’s Updated Data Center Optimization Initiative
Air Force Merges Presidential, Special Mission Aircraft Into Single Directorate
US Navy Establishes Hypersonics Arsenal Program Office
Army Looking Into Existing Technologies for Tactical Network Upgrade
NASA’s MarCO Cubesats Transmit Data From InSight to Deep Space Network
Pentagon Names Craig Faller as New Head of Southern Command
DHS OIG Report Underscores FEMA’s Oversight on Alert & Warning System
Mars InSight Lander Reaches Surface; Peraton’s Sonny Giroux Speaks
GSA Aims to Simplify Gov’t Buying Process Through Multiple Award Schedule Consolidation
Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart: New Authorities Allow Cybercom to Implement ‘Defend Forward’ Approach
David Berteau on Potential Risks, Benefits of Security Clearance Oversight Transfer to DoD
Navy Seeks Separate Funding to Build New Columbia-Class Fleet
Navy Looks to Improve Training With Live, Virtual, Constructive Technologies
GAO: DoD Failing to Properly Assess, Deploy Military Medical Personnel
Senate Confirms Stephen Vaden as USDA General Counsel
DOE Launches Research Program on Supercomputer-Based Materials Design
DoD’s New Center to Help Explore AI for Vast Data Analysis in the Field
FTC Efforts Have Led to $1.6B in Consumer Refunds in FY 2018
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Urges NIST to Endorse Facial Detection Tech Testing Standards
Eric Edelman, Gary Roughead Talk Defense Budget, Concept of Operations at Senate Panel Hearing
Test Begins Around White House to See How Facial Recognition Backs Secret Service
FBI Wants to Explore Cloud to Speed Up Terrorism Investigations
Navy to Commission General Dynamics-Built Future USS Thomas Hudner
HHS Wants to Update Draft Strategy for Less Health IT Regulations
NIST Researchers Achieve ‘Unprecedented’ Atomic Timekeeping Precision, Consistency in Study
New Acquisition Process Helps Air Force Grant 100-Plus Contracts in 40 Hours
DHS Builds Algorithm to Monitor Cyber Hygiene Across Government
Col. G. Scott McLeod: Army Eyes OTA Usage to Obtain Vehicle Maintenance Trainers
Capt. Max McCoy: Navy’s Joint Strike Fighter Wing to Manage F-35C Missions
USAF Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith Named FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
New International Anti-Botnet Guide Unveiled to Secure the Internet
Federal Gov’t Lists How Trusted Internet Connections Initiative Can Augment Agency Modernization Plans
House Passes Bill for Internet-of-Things Industry Research
White House Seeking Alternative Setup for Proposed Space Force
White House Sets Meeting With Tech CEOs Over Innovation, Future Jobs
Navy Plans to Open Virtual Training Facility in 2019
USAF Completes Joint Service CBRN Protection Masks
DoD Industry Day Details Latest AI Developments
DARPA’s Strategy Adviser Details How to Secure Support From Agency