Two leading Department of Homeland Security officials discussed ongoing efforts to enhance data use within the agency during a recent Advanced Technology Academic Research Center webcast, Nextgov reported Thursday. Kathleen Kaplan and
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A business-focused organization within the Department of the Interior has completed an effort to modernize and standardize the financial, procurement and travel systems for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. The Interior
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Paul Puckett, director of the U.S. Army’s Enterprise Cloud Management Agency, said adopting generalized cloud implementation approaches may result in unnecessary expenses. He said that “copy-pasted” cloud approaches may just end up
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Laurie Leshin, the president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will serve as the new director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology, effective May 16. She
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GovCon Expert Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, has shared his thoughts on how the defense acquisition system might strategize within the newly established
More A group of House and Senate lawmakers called on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation to staff a task force working on recommendations for
More The White House has introduced an action plan that outlines measures that will be carried out in the next 100 days to improve the water sector’s cybersecurity. The administration developed the water
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Hugh Nathanial Halpern, director of the Government Publishing Office, has designated a task force to examine the feasibility of making the Federal Depository Library Program all-digital. The 23-member task force will provide
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Lisa Guess, senior vice president of solutions engineering for cloud technology company Cradlepoint, has been selected for membership by the Federal Communications Commission’s Technological Advisory Committee. Guess will represent all of Ericsson, the Swedish
More The National Institute of Standards and Technology has updated its recommended procedures to assess the implementation of security and privacy controls. NIST said Wednesday it added new assessment procedures and a new
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