ODNI Report: Eligibility for Federal Gov’t Security Clearances Fell 6% in FY 2015
A new Office of the Director of National Intelligence report has found a 5.9 percent decline in the number of federal...
Rep. Adam Smith: Top-Line Budget Would Be a ‘Contentious Issue’ as Senate, House Reconcile FY 2017 Defense Policy Bills
Adam Smith Rep. Adam Smith (D-Washington), House Armed Services Committee ranking member, has said the top-line budget for the fiscal year...
NIST Seeks to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Atmospheric Observation-Based Methods
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has started to develop tools and methods designed to measure greenhouse gas emissions...
Poland, Germany to Form Joint Submarine Command
Germany and Poland have agreed to set up a joint operating authority over both countries’ submarines, Defense News reported Wednesday....
DHS Sets $1.6B for FY 2016 Preparedness Grant Initiatives; Jeh Johnson Comments
Jeh Johnson The Department of Homeland Security has allocated more than $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 funds to both competitive...
Reps. Ted Lieu, Will Hurd: HHS Should Require Health Providers to Notify Govt Agencies of Ransomware Attacks
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-California) and Will Hurd (R-Texas) have asked the Department of Health and Human Services to develop guidance that would...
2nd Marine Corps Attack Squadron to Transition to Lockheed’s F-35Bs
The U.S. Marine Corps will redesignate a Yuma, Arizona-based squadron as marine fighter attack squadron 211 on June 30 as...
3 Army Events Seek to Assess Cyber Tools for Warfighters
The U.S. Army has launched three events in an effort to assess and procure cyber platforms designed to help soldiers...
OPM Seeks to Streamline Info on Data Breaches Through Website Update; Beth Cobert Comments
Beth Cobert The Office of Personnel Management has updated its website in an effort to streamline information on the two...
Jack Wilmer: DISA Needs Security Tools to Defend DoD Apps in Commercial Cloud
Jack Wilmer, a Defense Information Systems Agency official, has said DISA needs to field tools designed to defend Defense Department applications from...