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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has recommended that the federal government adopt the “hack back” approach when responding to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Ed Simcox, former chief technology officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as the department’s acting chief information officer, Federal News Radio reported Monday.

Senators on Monday resumed debates on amendments to a fiscal 2019 minibus spending bill that will appropriate funds for multiple federal agencies including the Defense Department. The chamber approved two...

President Donald Trump is expected to officially nominate Army Lt. Gen. Richard Clarke, director of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Staff, as head of U.S. Special Operations Command in...

Karen Brazell, formerly chief of staff at the White House Military Office, officially joined the Department of Veterans Affairs on Aug. 6 as chief acquisition officer and principal executive director...

A defense spending measure signed into law by President Donald Trump will earmark $10M in fiscal 2019 funds for the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence that would assess how...

National Background Investigation Bureau Director Charles Phalen said the agency started preparing to move into the Defense Department upon the enactment of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act in 2017, MeriTalk...

Senators on both sides of the aisle are concerned that President Trump's proposal to establish a "Space Force" would add to overhead costs at the Defense Department, The Hill reported...

A Defense Department program - Project Maven - that aims to leverage machine learning to determine and classify objects in images derived from drones has seen its funding rise to $93.1M...

The General Services Administration is shutting down its reverse auction platform after five years of service, due to financial constraints, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Erv Koehler, acting deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition...