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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has listed its 2017 federal advocacy priorities based on state CIOs’ policy priorities as well as opportunities to work with Congress and the executive branch. NASCIO said Wednesday

The federal Chief Information Officers Council has released a report that includes an independent analysis of the current federal information technology environment as well as recommendations for the new administration. The CIO Council said

Michael Daniel, White House cybersecurity coordinator, has called on President Donald Trump’s cyber officials to continue to address systemic issues in cybersecurity and introduce changes to information technology management, Nextgov reported Tuesday.

Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Wesley Todd has developed a muzzle break removal device for light towed howitzers in an effort to help increase warfighter safety and equipment longevity. The U.S. Army said Friday

Gregory Zacharias, chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, has said the service branch has begun efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence functions into F-35s and other fighter aircraft in order to facilitate manned-unmanned teaming operations

The U.S. Navy plans to award more than $10 million in funds to projects that will be selected under the Avionics Component Improvement Program for fiscal 2018. AvCIP seeks to address problems

  Aaron Hughes, deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy at the Defense Department, has said the U.S. government’s national power instruments and the U.S. military’s stated policy have helped deter “destructive” cyber

The Department of Homeland Security has released the National Cyber Incident Response Plan that aims to boost the federal government’s capacity to manage cyber incidents. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday the plan describes the

A new Deltek report predicts that the Defense Department‘s efforts to implement the Joint Information Environment will open opportunities for industry providers of on-premise data center services and software-as-a-service platforms. The company’s “Defense IT: Priorities and Strategies,

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has unveiled plans to invest $50 million on a cyber innovation and training center in the state in efforts to address the potential threat of cyber attacks in the Central