Year: 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a total of $100,000 to six companies that ...

Eric Hysen: DHS Seeks TMF Funding for Four IT Modernization Projects

The board overseeing the $1 billion Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has started assessing just under 100 ...

Cybersecurity

GAO: HHS Should Strengthen Cyber Threat Information Sharing

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Cybersecurity

DOD to Explore Ways to Address Small Business Concerns Over CMMC Program

A spokesperson for the Department of Defense said DOD will “look for avenues” to lower costs ...

Verizon’s Skyward, FAA to Test Cellular-Connected Drones; Matt Fanelli Quoted

by William McCormick

Skyward, a Verizon company, announced on Thursday that the company signed a potential three-year Memorandum of ...

Census Bureau Helps Other Agencies Run Their Own Data Programs; Drew Zachary Quoted

by Nichols Martin

The U.S. Census Bureau is assigning technology teams to help other agencies establish their own data ...

Mieke Eoyang: DOD Encourages Contractors to Adopt Stronger Cybersecurity

by Nichols Martin

Mieke Eoyang, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Cyber Policy, said the Pentagon wants to ...

New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Bolster Federal Cyber Workforce; Sen. Maggie Hassan Quoted

by Nichols Martin

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have presented a bill that aims to fortify ...

CISA Lists First Entries in Catalog of ‘Bad’ Cyber Practices

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is working on a catalog of bad cyber practices ...

Federal Officials Propose Creation of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health