Mark Esper on Review of DoD’s JEDI Cloud Contract
Defense Secretary and a 2019 Wash100 winner Mark Esper said he has no “hard timeline” to complete his assessment of the...
Katie Arrington: DoD’s Cyber Certification Framework Seeks to Better Understand Defense Supply Chain
Katie Arrington of the Department of Defense said DoD’s move to come up with a new cybersecurity certification model seeks...
Grant Schneider on Cyber Threat Posed by China
Grant Schneider, federal chief information security officer, said China is considered to be the biggest threat to the U.S. in the...
OMB Raises Concern Over Space-Based Sensor Layer Development Provision in Senate Bill
The Office of Management and Budget sent a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees expressing concern on...
Ashley Mahan: FedRAMP Seeks to Improve Certification Process With Threat Intell Reports
Ashley Mahan, acting director of the General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, said FedRAMP is moving toward a...
Pentagon to Free Up $3.6B to Support 11 Border Barrier Construction Projects; Jonathan Hoffman Quoted
Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said the Department of Defense has identified 127 domestic and...
Telecom Advisory Panel Submits ICT Ecosystem Report to DHS
The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee submitted its report to the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday examining information and communications technology platforms...
Ron Ross: NIST Awaits OMB Approval of Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5
Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology fellow, said NIST is waiting for the Office of Management and Budget’s...
White House Memo Unveils R&D Budget Priorities for FY 2021
The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy have issued a memorandum directing federal...
New Executive Order Forms Quantum Information Science Advisory Committee
President Trump has signed an executive order to establish a new advisory committee to ensure U.S. leadership in quantum information science...