Deborah Gracio, a 35-year Pacific Northwest National Laboratory veteran, will take on the role of PNNL director in October. Battelle said Thursday Gracio will succeed Steven Ashby, who announced his intent to
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is soliciting feedback on a draft publication designed to help network operators implement secure 5G networks. The draft document titled 5G Cybersecurity Volume B: Approach,
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The General Services Administration has unveiled a website designed to simplify the federal acquisition planning process for agencies and enable industry to facilitate the delivery of services and supplies to the federal
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Bob Lord, who served as the first chief security officer at the Democratic National Committee, will join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as a senior technical adviser within CISA’s cybersecurity division.
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Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, said he is reinstituting certain best practices for acquisition he had introduced under the Better Buying 2.0 initiative. Kendall
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The Biden administration has unveiled a plan to address the threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems to homeland security, public safety and privacy. The Domestic Counter-UAS National Action Plan offers eight recommendations,
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An electronic warfare aircraft designed to serve as a technology demonstrator for a U.S. Army aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program took off for an operational mission in the Indo-Pacific region, the
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Eric Desautels, acting deputy assistant secretary for arms control, verification and compliance at the State Department, said the U.S. government intends to introduce a proposal that would prohibit “purposeful interference” with command-and-control
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The Department of Defense has unveiled a new website that would enable DOD to bring in new technologies and other novel concepts from industry and universities. “The Innovation Pathways website is one
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The General Services Administration plans to establish a new committee to advise GSA on how to address the climate crisis and promote sustainability using acquisition authorities and tools. The GSA Acquisition Policy
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, the FBI and international partners have released a joint advisory on malicious cyber operations by Russian state-sponsored threat actors against information technology and
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