The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on a proposed rule to address the negative effects of collecting, analyzing and profiting from people’s information and implementing lax data security practices. FTC
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Douglas Packard, head of the contracting activity at the Defense Information Systems Agency, has released a letter reminding federal contractors to refrain from using government furnished equipment and internet sites for unauthorized
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A unified functional test software product from MFGS, Inc. has received approval for usage by the U.S. Air Force. After a period of partnership and assessment, the USAF has added MFGS, Inc.’s
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a toolkit providing state and local officials with access to free services and tools designed to help them improve the cybersecurity and resilience of
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Former U.S. Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent, a two-time recipient of the Wash100 Award, has been added to the advisory board of SkillStorm, a training and recruitment company for technology personnel. Kent is expected to
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Horace Blackman, senior vice president with CGI Federal and head of its Defense, Intelligence and Space Business Unit, has been named Rector of the Board of Visitors (BOV) for George Mason University. “I’m
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The U.S. Army is seeking proposals from small businesses to support an effort to develop ground soldier-centric information technology envisioned to augment warfighters’ lethality, mobility, protection, logistics and communication capabilities. In an
More NASA has completed the transition of operational responsibility for a Northrop Grumman-built Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey. The newest remote sensing satellite under the joint NASA-USGS program
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Cori Zarek, executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University, has announced her upcoming move to the U.S. Digital Service to serve as its deputy administrator.
More The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent an inquiry Wednesday to the heads of five federal agencies on what measures they have implemented to identify and mitigate the critical vulnerability in Java-based
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