The House has introduced a bill that would authorize $3 billion for the Technology Modernization Fund to help agencies support information technology updates in response to the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop reported Tuesday.
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Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told Nextgov in an interview published Tuesday how the federal information technology community responds to the coronavirus pandemic.
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President Trump on Monday signed into law a bill that directs the executive branch to come up with a strategy to ensure the security of 5G networks, Fifth Domain reported Tuesday.
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NASA has launched a competition in search of a new lunar soil collection tool for a certain digging robot under development. The Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot or RASSOR requires a new bucket
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Sean Frazier, advisory chief information security officer for federal at Cisco’s Duo Security arm, has said that agencies must implement multifactor authentication approaches to ensure security in telework setups, Fifth Domain reported
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The Expedition 62 crew performed a set of different biology research experiments at the International Space Station and supported preparations for the facility's next crew members. Astronauts Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka explored the areas of genetics, biological
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Timothy Bunning, a more than three-decade veteran at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, has been named chief technology officer with responsibility over the Air Force’s $2.8 billion science and technology program.
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The Department of Justice has ordered the shutdown and investigation of a business that claims to be a provider of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. A website, known as coronavirusmedicalkit.com, charges a $4.95 shipping fee for what the business
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Space Operations Command has received control of a GPS satellite designed to boost the accuracy of positioning, navigation and timing information threefold. Space and Missile Systems Center, now part of the U.S. Space
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Defense Secretary and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient Mark Esper has heightened the Pentagon’s restriction level as the coronavirus outbreak continues to pose risks to personnel, Defense One reported Monday.
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