The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement has appointed Dustin Goetz, most recently executive director of IT operations at DHS, as acting chief information officer. Goetz announced his appointment at
President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum that seeks to advance analysis, integration, sharing and use of classified data on threat actors and their networks in support of national security missions. The
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House and Senate Armed Services panels are expected to address F-35 aircraft procurements, missile defense and size of the U.S. Army as they begin to reconcile this month their versions of the fiscal
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The U.S. Army used artificial intelligence, cloud platforms and wireless devices to conduct a “proof-of-principle†exercise that aims to help speed up conditioned-based maintenance activities for Stryker armored vehicles, Scout Warrior reported
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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has said the service branch would decide by the end of this month whether to pursue or cancel the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program, Defense
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The House Homeland Security Committee voted 18-12 Wednesday to pass a bill that would authorize $10 billion in funds to build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, The Hill reported Wednesday. Rep.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has said he has been authorized by the White House to reassess and change the rules of engagement in Afghanistan to help expedite the campaign against the Taliban group,
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The Department of Homeland Security‘s inspector general has found that the Customs and Border Protection’s information technology infrastructure failed to support its goal to prevent the entry to the U.S. of foreigners who may
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has said defense panels in Congress have approved the Pentagon’s plan to shift approximately $440 million in unspent fiscal 2017 funds from operations and maintenance accounts into missile
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The Department of Veterans Affairs expects to award Cerner a contract to build a new electronic health record system for VA as early as this month, Federal News Radio reported Friday. VA Secretary David Shulkin told members
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Brian Burns, acting chief information officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, has said the service branch is on track to meet the Defense Department’s March 2018 deadline to transition to Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system, Federal
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