Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum directing the secretary of the Army to establish the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or
Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has signed a memo initiating a two-week review to ensure that cloud services across DOD are free of any
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Katie Arrington, a previous Wash100 awardee who currently performs the duties of DOD’s chief information officer, has released a memorandum directing the establishment of the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, or ZT
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The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois has celebrated the collaborative effort behind its new exascale computer, called Aurora, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. ANL said Wednesday Energy Secretary Chris Wright
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President Donald Trump has nominated Gen. Thomas Bussiere to serve as the U.S. Air Force’s vice chief of staff and Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton as the U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of
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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday voted 15-2 to pass a bill that would authorize FY 2026 funding for the U.S. intelligence community and improve oversight of national security threats.
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The House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday passed its version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act in a 55-2 vote. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., welcomed
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has begun soliciting public comments on a proposed standard designed to ensure that FedRAMP Authorized cloud service offerings use automated systems to continuously identify, analyze,
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The National Science Foundation has appointed Clyde Richards, a U.S. Army veteran, as chief information officer. Richards announced his new position at NSF in a LinkedIn post. Before this position, Richards was
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Alyssa Hundrup, healthcare director at the Government Accountability Office, said she believes cost avoidance is one area where healthcare sharing agreements could play an important role, Federal News Network reported Monday. “We
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jonathan Gould, most recently a partner at law firm Jones Day, as the new head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, in
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