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 National Institute of Standards and Technology solicited comments from industry partners as it works on a set of cybersecurity standards for manufacturers and users of internet of things-based devices, Federal News Network
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A council of officials from the General Services Administration, NASA and the Department of Defense published an interim rule that would prohibit federal agencies from buying telecommunications and video surveillance systems and
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Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and 2019 Wash100 award recipient, said DoD plans to appoint assistant directors to oversee the “strategic shaping” of 5G technology and other tech modernization efforts,
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a plan outlining a set of measures federal agencies to support the development of standards for artificial intelligence in compliance with an executive order signed
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Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, said that 5G deployment is one of the technology programs being prioritized by his office, C4ISRNET reported Monday. “What
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Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, has emerged as the top candidate for the director of national intelligence position, The Hill reported Sunday. President Trump commended Hoekstra’s work in the
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The Defense Digital Service sees the aviation “village” at the DEF CON security conference in Las Vegas as an opportunity to recruit and hire cybersecurity professionals, Fedscoop reported Friday. “In this room
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The Department of Commerce continues to assess U.S. firms' requests to sell certain products to Huawei Technologies, Reuters reported Saturday.
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Bob Kolasky, an official at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the supply chain security assessment of DHS is slated for a White House review and approval this
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Dan Jacobs, a security expert at the General Services Administration, said agencies should deal with cybersecurity with a focus on people and processes as they transfer workloads to the cloud, Nextgov reported
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