House Draft Bill Eyes NRO to Manage Part of Air Force Space Weather Missions
A House subcommittee has drafted a bill that would give the National Reconnaissance Office authority over some of the U.S....
NIST-Led Initiative Outlines Cybersecurity Education, Workforce Development Efforts in Strategic Plan
A National Institute of Standards and Technology-led initiative has unveiled a new strategic plan that seeks to guide and facilitate...
Amy Hess: FBI Relies on Judicial Authorization Principle to Access Encrypted Electronic Data
Amy Hess, executive assistant director of the FBI‘s science and technology branch, has said the FBI needs access to electronic information to...
NIST Roadmap Seeks to Help Commerce Department Leverage Analytics for Public Safety Efforts
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has published a report that seeks to help the Commerce Department identify research-and-development...
Box’s Aaron Levie: Cybersecurity Policies Should Be Aligned With the ‘New Digital World’
Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of cloud storage firm Box, wrote in a column posted Tuesday in The Washington Post...
GSA’s 18F Eyes Continuous System Security Plan Updates Through Compliance Masonry Tool
The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has developed a tool that aims to help federal information security personnel continuously update...
Terry Halvorsen: DoD’s Network Update Efforts to Focus on JRSS Deployment
Terry Halvorsen Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer at the Defense Department, has said DoD’s efforts to update its information networks will...
Ashton Carter: US to Deploy More Soldiers, Apaches to Iraq for Anti-Islamic State Campaign
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. will deploy 217 additional service personnel in Iraq in support of its...
GSA to Invest $947M in Federal Courthouse Construction, Renovation Projects; Denise Turner Roth Comments
Denise Turner Roth The General Services Administration has unveiled a $947 million investment plan to support the construction and renovation...
Army Researchers Build 3D Avatar Models of Soldiers With New Software
U.S. Army researchers have created a computer program designed to build three-dimensional avatars of uniformed personnel for use in the...