President Donald Trump has announced plans to appoint Suzette Kent, a principal for financial services at professional services firm EY, as federal chief information officer, the White House reported Friday. Nextgov also
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The National Space Defense Center, a partnership between the Intelligence Community and Defense Department, was declared fully operational on Jan. 8 to support interagency efforts to secure U.S. space assets. NSDC aims
More Donna Dodson, chief cybersecurity officer of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has said she believes diversity in agency teams can help the government address cyber challenges, Federal News Radio reported
More The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a draft report on blockchain in an effort to give businesses a “straightforward” description of the technology. The nearly 60-page document titled, “Draft NIST
More Seven House Democratic lawmakers have called on President Donald Trump to name a director for the White House’s office of science and technology policy and staff the institution with qualified scientific advisers
More Steve Grewal, deputy chief information officer of the General Services Administration, will step down from his role by the end of January to join a Silicon Valley technology company, Federal News Radio
More NASA and the U.S. Navy have conducted another recovery test of an Orion test vehicle aboard the USS Anchorage amphibious transport dock. The Navy said Thursday the Underway Recovery Test-6 is meant to ensure
More The Department of Homeland Security wants to update an automated technology platform DHS personnel use to share threat information with other federal agencies, infrastructure operators and companies, Nextgov reported Thursday. Jeanette Manfra,
More The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy will conduct its annual innovation summit in March as part of efforts to encourage public-private cooperation in the field of energy technology. ARPA-E seeks to bring together industry, government
More The Government Accountability Office has included the governmentwide security clearance process for federal employees in its “high risk list†of areas that require changes in order to address fraud and mismanagement as well
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