Alan Thomas, a vice president at government consulting firm Artlin Consulting, has taken his oath of office as commissioner of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service. GSA said Monday Thomas will oversee the
MoreThe U.S. Air Force and Navy have launched efforts to reduce or eliminate online training requirements for civilian and military personnel, Federal News Radio reported Monday. The station said the Navy has
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The U.S. and Israel have formed a bilateral cyber working group that will work to protect critical infrastructure in both countries against potential threats and determine the location of cyber attackers, The
MoreThe House Armed Services Committee has introduced a bill that would allocate $621.5 billion in defense base budget and $75 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal year 2018, The Hill
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The U.S. Air Force will operationalize various elements of its cybersecurity plan which was structured to evaluate and address potential attacks as well as develop cyber resilience in weapons systems and platforms
MoreMilitary members from the U.S. and NATO have concluded the Saber Strike 17 cooperative month-long training exercise which took place at various locations in the Baltics and Poland. The operation involved 11,000
MoreThe Department of Veterans Affairsâ office of information and technology has asked VAâs inspector general to close 18 out of 33 recommendations since it has implemented measures to update its information security
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The House Appropriations Committee has unveiled a $658.1 billion draft spending bill that would allocate $584.2 billion in discretionary funds to the Defense Department for the government’s 2018 fiscal year and another
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a portable ground-based system designed to scan and map atmospheric gas plumes. NIST said Friday the “comb and
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security has kicked off a challenge for the data science community to help optimize algorithms used by the Transportation Security Administration to check passenger body scans for potential
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