Chris Kraft, acting chief technology officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has been appointed as acting chief information officer at the U.S. Secret Service. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Homeland Security
Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said there has been an expanded use of digital tools as more federal employees telework due to the coronavirus pandemic and
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Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes JAIC needs to have its own acquisition authorities within
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The White House has initiated a move to withdraw from a 1992 treaty designed to reduce the risk of war between Western countries and Russia by allowing countries to perform reconnaissance flights
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Gen. John Raymond, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the service branch plans to combine independent space acquisition agencies under a single
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A new report says the Defense Innovation Unit awarded 63 prototype contracts and transitioned eight commercial prototypes to Pentagon partners in 2019, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. DIU took an average of 127
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) intends to standardize language in government contracts with cloud service providers to clarify terms with regard to security liability, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
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Mark Lewis, director of research and engineering for modernization at the Department of Defense (DoD), said DoD’s R&E office is working on a series of best practices and technical standards for its
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Mark Lewis, director of research and engineering for modernization at the Department of Defense (DoD), said DoD is shifting from the "trusted foundry" model toward a “zero trust” approach when it comes to
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has been named chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on an interim basis, Federal Times reported Tuesday.
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Gen. Richard Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), said artificial intelligence will play a key role in SOCOM’s information warfare initiatives in the coming years as military commanders become more focused on information,
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