The Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has appointed Diba Hadi, a more than three-decade higher education and program management leader, as principal director of the Cyber Academic Engagement
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The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment has appointed Peter Guinto as senior technical advisor of Price, Cost and Finance, effective Aug. 5. OUSD said he will oversee the
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The National Labor Relations Board has appointed David Gaston, its assistant general counsel and branch chief of E-litigation, as the board’s first chief artificial intelligence officer. In his new role, Gaston will oversee compliance
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The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said the Department of Defense needs to enhance its cybersecurity measures and technologies to counter threats and protect critical networks. Speaking at the 2024
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RTX company Raytheon has delivered to Lockheed Martin the first of two Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Missile Warning Program satellite payloads meant for deployment to geosynchronous Earth orbit. The payload—dubbed Next-Gen OPIR
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Leidos a five-year, $51 million contract to provide technical support for the agency’s healthcare safety network. Under the National Healthcare Safety Network, or
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Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, has signed a memorandum that directs the U.S. Army’s procurement community to start including contract language requiring vendors to produce
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The Federal Communications Commission has adopted initial rules allowing emergency and commercial operations of uncrewed aircraft systems in the 5 GHz spectrum band for wireless communications. Under the new rules, drone operators
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new portal as part of its efforts to improve cyber incident reporting. The CISA Services Portal and Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting webpage integrates
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The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute within the National Institute of Standards and Technology has signed agreements with Anthropic and OpenAI to facilitate collaboration on AI safety research, testing and assessment. NIST
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