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
The Defense Information Systems Agency sent letters to service personnel notifying them of a potential breach of some of their personal data on a DISA-hosted system, NBC News reported Friday.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday issued an alert about a ransomware attack on information and operational technology networks of a natural gas compression facility.
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The Department of the Navy has released a report outlining measures to modernize, innovate and defend its information systems against cyber vulnerabilities in support of the service’s new information management strategy.
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John Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy, will step down from his post at the Department of Defense on Feb. 28, CNN reported Wednesday. President Trump confirmed Rood’s resignation in a tweet posted Wednesday.
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The White House has requested $70M in “no-year” appropriated funds to support the proposed transfer of Office of Personnel Management functions to the General Services Administration, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
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The Department of Homeland Security has decided to waive some federal contracting laws to speed up the construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Department of Defense will soon implement a set of rules that would guide DoD’s development and use of artificial intelligence, Defense One reported Tuesday.
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Energy Secretary Dan Broulliette said the Department of Energy’s request for a 20 percent increase in budget seeks to support the infrastructure around the National Nuclear Security Administration’s complex, particularly the Oak Ridge
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has introduced a bill that would set up an independent federal agency to protect personal data and advance data privacy.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued reports on a malicious cyber hacking campaign linked to the government of North Korea.
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