The Office of Management and Budget’s Cost Accounting Standards, or CAS, Board has published two proposed rules that aim to streamline accounting requirements for federal contractors by eliminating over 60 requirements. “Holding
Chad Sbragia, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for China, said the nation plans to develop its own “nuclear triad” and is expected to increase its number of nuclear warheads twofold over the next decade. Sbragia added
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Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration (GSA) and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the ASTRO master contract for unmanned, manned and robotic systems will be the first contract vehicle to use a
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The Internal Revenue Service’s newly established enterprise digitalization and case management office is designing information technology pilot projects to improve taxpayers’ experiences by going paperless and streamlining business processes.
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued an interim final rule detailing how the Federal Acquisition Security Council will evaluate threat information and recommend issuance of orders to remove or
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a document to guide federal agencies when patching remote devices outside agency networks. CISA said the Capacity Engagement Guide for Remote Vulnerability and Patch Management seeks
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A recent report from the Deparment of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates the federal government has generated more than $578 million in cost savings as a result of DHS agencies’ efforts to share people’s
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The Internal Revenue Service’s newly established enterprise digitalization and case management office has started to adopt an incremental approach to funding information technology modernization programs, including the digitization of paper-based taxpayer services
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new report on forensic science challenges faced by law enforcement officers, auditors and other professionals in cloud environments. The report enumerated 62 cloud-related
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The National Background Investigative System Directorate (NBIS) within the Department of Defense (DoD) has established integrated environments on Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud and installed DevSecOps tools to facilitate collaboration among developers, security teams,
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Mark Munsell, chief technology officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), said NGA’s two documents on technology focus areas and tech strategy will help the agency address “enduring” analytical and tech challenges. “We
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