CIO Dana Deasy Issues DoD’s Action Plan to Protect Public-Facing Web Services
Dana Deasy The Defense Department has announced plans to release by Aug. 17 a task order to facilitate the implementation...
Fiscal 2019 Defense Spending Compromise Drops USAF’s JSTARS Recap Program
The negotiated deal on the fiscal 2019 defense spending bill has supported the U.S. Air Force’s plan to cancel the...
Stratcom Chief Gen. John Hyten to Oversee Nuclear Command, Control, Comms Systems
John Hyten The Defense Department has directed the U.S. Strategic Command to solely oversee the country’s nuclear command, control and communications...
Congressional Negotiators Reach Fiscal 2019 Defense Authorization Deal
House and Senate conference members have reached a compromise on a bill that would authorize $716 billion in defense budget for...
Task Force Report Describes DOJ’s Efforts to Address Cyber Threats Posed by Foreign Influence Operations
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday announced the release of a report that provides an assessment of cybersecurity threats facing the...
Tiffany Hixson: GSA Advances Performance-Based Approach in Service Procurements
Tiffany Hixson Tiffany Hixson, assistant commissioner of the office of professional and human capital services at the General Services Administration’s...
DARPA Launches Program to Expedite Exploratory Research Work on ‘3rd Wave’ AI Concepts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a new program that aims to speed up research and development work on...
Trade Group Asks Congress to Limit Use of LPTA Method in IT, Cyber Procurements
A technology trade association has called on House and Senate conferees to retain in the final fiscal 2019 defense policy...
Report: Grant Schneider Named Federal Chief Information Security Officer
Grant Schneider Grant Schneider, acting federal chief information security officer, has been named permanent federal CISO at the Office of Management...
New Congressional Measure Aims to Expand CFIUS Authority Over Foreign Investment Deals
House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a new measure that would strengthen the U.S. export-control process and the Committee...