The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has named Nick Andersen, executive assistant director for cybersecurity, acting director as Madhu Gottumukkala moves to a new position at the Department of Homeland Security, ABC
RAND is conducting a one-year study for the U.S. Space Force to evaluate the commercial space industry’s capabilities and identify space platforms that could be of benefit to the service branch, SpaceNews
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Federal information technology leaders said their agencies are using “low code” software development processes to accelerate the development and updates of client-facing applications, FCW reported Thursday.
More Attorney General William Barr said China’s superiority in the development of 5G networks poses a threat to the U.S. economy and national security, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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The Department of Defense found $5.7 billion in savings following an internal review of “fourth estate” agencies, Defense News reported Thursday. DoD will redirect the identified funding towards new priorities in support
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The General Services Administration will move the Federal Procurement Data System’s main reporting functions – administrative, standard, ad hoc and static – to the System for Award Management’s beta website by March
More The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would codify the General Services Administration’s Federal Risk Authorization Modernization Program, Federal Times reported Wednesday.
More Jason Klitenic, general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, mentioned supply chain security-related questions that ODNI intends to address and one of those concerns with the intelligence community’s
More The Government Accountability Office has said the binding operational directives issued by the Department of Homeland Security have been effective in helping federal agencies strengthen their cybersecurity posture.
More Mark Esper, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a memo that the Pentagon’s $740B budget request for fiscal year 2021 would advance weapons modernization,
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Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will publish a new strategy to further advance sharing of cyber threat data with industry,
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