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
David Wennergren, CEO of the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council, wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Monday that the Office of Management and Budget’s Cloud Smart policy touches
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The Department of Defense, NASA and the General Services Administration are set to publish a final rule Tuesday to prohibit defense and civilian agencies from using cybersecurity products developed or provided by
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry has announced the formation of a new office to help coordinate the Department of Energy’s research-and-development work on artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office was established
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Defense Secretary and a 2019 Wash100 winner Mark Esper said he has no “hard timeline” to complete his assessment of the Pentagon’s potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, Bloomberg
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Katie Arrington of the Department of Defense said DoD’s move to come up with a new cybersecurity certification model seeks to get a better oversight of the defense supply chain, Federal News
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Grant Schneider, federal chief information security officer, said China is considered to be the biggest threat to the U.S. in the cyber space domain, The Hill reported Wednesday.
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The Office of Management and Budget sent a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees expressing concern on a provision in the Senate’s defense policy measure that would limit the
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Ashley Mahan, acting director of the General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, said FedRAMP is moving toward a threat-based approach to risk monitoring and authorization, Federal Times reported Wednesday.
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Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said the Department of Defense has identified 127 domestic and overseas military construction projects that could be postponed to free up $3.6B
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The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee submitted its report to the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday examining information and communications technology platforms that are key to emergency preparedness and national security, FCW reported.
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