Terry Halvorsen, Defense Department chief information officer, has expressed concerns he has over software components of the military’s Joint Regional Security Stacks, FCW reported Tuesday. Halvorsen told an AFCEA conference that Silicon Valley
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology has released new technical specifications on the security and interoperability of the next-generation Personal Identity Verification cards for federal employees and contractors. NIST said Tuesday the updated
MoreNASA Administrator Charles Bolden has signed contracts with space agency executives of Spain and France for the countries to continue projects for future exploration missions to Mars. NASA said Tuesday the agreement calls
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A Senate appropriations subcommittee has endorsed a $47.09 billion bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal 2016, a $765 million increase over the department’s current funding level. âThis bill
MoreFederal investigators have uncovered a second breach at the Office of Personnel Management as they examined an earlier incident affecting approximately 4Â million federal employee records, National Journal reported Friday. Dustin Volz reports
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget has issued a final guide to help federal agencies implement Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act requirements, U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott wrote in a blog
MoreThe Senate rejected a public-private cyber data sharing bill Thursday on a 56-40 vote, the National Journal reports. Dustin Volz writes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., planned to attach the Cybersecurity
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a three-day forum in St. Louis starting Sept. 9 to discuss the latest advances in science and technology and their implications for the countryâs national security
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The Defense Department‘s transition to the Risk Management Framework has helped streamline the secure integration of information technology systems and applications into the DoD network, FierceGovernmentIT reported Wednesday. Dibya Sarkar writes that
MoreGartner has released a list of the 10 biggest information technology trends that it believes could help government agencies when they plan and develop IT strategies. The research firm identified a digital
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