The Democratic National Committee looks for a new chief technology officer to help establish a vision for the Democratic Party’s information technology assets. DNC said in a job posting the CTO will directly report to the committee’s
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The National Science Foundation will award up to $2.5 million in federal funds to Cornell University to develop cryptographic mechanisms to secure software platforms. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) said in a statement published Friday that Cornell will create
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John Kelly, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has said a DHS-led interagency effort helped prevent the WannaCry ransomware from spreading to new computers across the U.S., Nextgov reported Wednesday. “We defended the country
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Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced a bill that seeks to establish a bug bounty pilot program to boost the Department of Homeland Security‘s cyber defense. The Hack Department
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Four senators have asked Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), the committee’s ranking member, to mark up a bipartisan bill that would
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has said the Trump administration is “fully supportive” of a proposed bill that would reorganize the Department of Homeland Security‘s cybersecurity functions, The Hill reported Wednesday. McCaul, chairman of the House
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Marine Corps have developed a boot insert prototype designed to collect information on user mobility and agility changes in an effort to help USMC plan the material composition and format
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The White House’s proposed fiscal 2018 budget includes $228 million for a central fund to support updates to the federal information technology infrastructure, Federal News Radio reported Monday. The Office of Management and
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U.S. House members have voted to approve a bill that would provide tools and training necessary for law enforcement agencies to fight cyber crime at the state and local levels. Rep. John Ratcliffe’s office (R-Texas) said Tuesday the Strengthening
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The House on Wednesday passed by a voice vote a bipartisan bill that would authorize federal agencies to create their own working capital funds to update their information technology systems, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
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