The Department of Homeland Security has said it has received 321 reports of ransomware-related incidents from 29 federal agencies, The Hill newspaper reported Wednesday. Cory Bennett writes DHS noted that there were no
MorePeter Levine, deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department, has been tapped to replace Brad Carson as the DoD acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness, Military Times reported Wednesday. Karen Jowers writes Levine
MoreThe Defense Department Inspector General has urged the DoD chief information officer to revise the department’s data center consolidation strategy to work toward its 60-percent goal by fiscal 2018. DoD IG said in a
MoreOutgoing U.S. Special Operations Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel has handed over the reins to successor Gen. Raymond Thomas during a change-of-command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, DoD News reported Wednesday. Lisa Ferdinando writes
MoreThe White House has announced developments on cross-agency priority goals to improve the delivery of government services to the public for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. Shaun Donovan, director of the Office
MoreJanine Davidson has began work as the U.S. Navy chief management officer and an undersecretary of the service branch after being sworn in to her new duties on March 22. The Navy said Monday Davidson’s new role
MoreThe U.S. Army will deploy three armored brigade combat teams to Europe on nine-month deployments to train with Eastern European allies and address Russian activity along NATO’s eastern border, Defense News said
MoreDeputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said at a Washington Post-hosted forum Wednesday he believes the Defense Department can better understand and monitor the network of Islamic State militants through the utilization of deep-learning machines. “The momentum against ISIS is more
MoreThe U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine has started a study on methods to prevent gastrointestinal illnesses among deployed warfighters and improve gut health. Researchers began to gather volunteers in June 2015 from
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter and several industry executives met Tuesday to discuss how companies and the Defense Department can increase their collaboration, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Brendan McGarry writes more than 30 members of the Aerospace
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