President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to counter the misuse of commercial spyware by precluding U.S. federal agencies from operationally using such cyber surveillance tools that pose national security risks.
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Kathleen Featheringham has joined Maximus as its new vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning, bringing over two decades of experience in the public sector technology market to the company. In this
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Ken Bowersox will transition from deputy associate administrator to head of NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, effective May 1. He will succeed outgoing SOMD Associate Administrator Kathryn Lueders, who announced her retirement
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Robert Knake, the acting principal deputy national cyber director, said the White House plans to release in June a public version of the implementation plan for a new national strategy to defend
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Executive Mosaic has honored Baird Managing Director Jean Stack and Leidos Intelligence Group President Roy Stevens, two accomplished private sector representatives, with celebratory profiles for their 2023 Wash100 Award wins. The annual award, which illuminates the
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The Department of Homeland Security has introduced a new website meant to provide the public access to resources such as grants, training opportunities and research as part of efforts to prevent terrorism
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The National Science Foundation has collaborated with five agencies to launch a $20 million program that aims to develop a prototype open knowledge network to help address existing challenges in health care,
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Joel Duling has been confirmed as the official associate laboratory director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Operational Systems Directorate. He has been serving in an interim capacity since January, managing the laboratory’s
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Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., have reintroduced legislation that seeks to help the federal government save costs by overseeing how agencies purchase and use their software assets. The Strengthening
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the participants in a program that aims to prevent the early deterioration of concrete used in Department of Defense structures. Battelle Memorial Institute, Lawrence
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