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The White House has declined to publicly support the draft legislation co-authored by Sens. Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein that will require technology companies to assist law enforcement officers in breaking data encryption, Reuters reported Thursday. Mark Hosenball and
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The White House has proposed a bill that would create a $3.1 billion revolving fund to help federal agencies update their legacy information technology systems and bolster the government’s cybersecurity posture. U.S. Chief
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Boeing has proposed a new schedule for the production and delivery of the KC-46 tanker aircraft following troubles the company encountered during the development of the first four aircraft. The Government Accountability Office
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Stephen Preston — chairman of law firm WilmerHale defense, national security and government contracts practice – has been selected to join the White House’s Intelligence Advisory board. Obama announced an intent to appoint Preston for a membership in
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The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will discuss the scope of its work and solicit input from stakeholders during a public meeting scheduled to take place April 14 at the Commerce Department headquarters in Washington.
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NASA has begun work to recover its Kepler satellite after the agency declared it to be in emergency mode about 36 hours prior to a communications session, Space News reported Saturday. Jeff Foust writes
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Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for installations, energy and the environment, has said one of the focus areas for the installation community is to authorize base realignment and closures
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A U.S. Air Force official has said the service branch is in the process of drafting the requirements document for an aircraft designed to replace the A-10 Warthog for use in close-air
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The U.S. Naval Forces Command has helped to kick off the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise, a gathering of international naval and civilian maritime forces from six continents and 30 countries in Bahrain. The event
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Dimitri Kusnezov, chief scientist at the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration, has been nominated to the role of deputy administrator for defense programs at NNSA. President Barack Obama announced Kusnezov’s nomination
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