Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Washington) has proposed to extend the life of the U.S. Digital Service in an effort to help federal agencies increase their usage of technology and address government service quality.

DelBlene’s office said in a release published Friday the U.S. Digital Service Act would extend the authorization of the USDS program for another 10 years.

“The U.S. Digital Service was formed as a way to temporarily bring the technical know-how of industry experts to the tech-challenged federal government,” said Delbene.

“The U.S. Digital Service is working to identify, fix and prevent large-scale technology issues within government so that taxpayers can get the return on investment they deserve,” she added.

A future directorate within the U.S. Army‘s G-3/5/7 office will focus on cybersecurity and electronic warfare under the leadership of Brig. Gen. Patricia Frost, FCW reported Friday.

The upcoming directorate is an effort by the Army to utilize the “overlap” of cyber and electronic warfare operations, Sean Lyngaas writes.

Frost is a former Army Cyber Command deputy commanding general for operations and is eligible for promotion to major general, the report said.

“Bringing in a new directorate under a new two-star position, that brings two-star weight to the table to all of those discussions about doctrine, policy, organization [and] budget,” Col. Jeffrey Church, senior electronic warfare officer at the Army, told FCW.

“Now you have a two-star general officer who is going to focus specifically on cyberspace [and] electronic warfare.”

Col. Carmin Cicales, former chief of cyberspace and information operations at Army headquarters, said in the report that the expected appointment of Frost, a potential general, as the directorate lead will help the Army’s cyber, electronic warfare and information operations.

Lyngaas reports the new directorate is scheduled to have initial operating capability within June.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has recorded more than 50 cybersecurity breaches from 2011 through 2015, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Reuters obtained Federal Reserve records which cover cyber attacks that affected the Board of Governors since it is subject to public records laws, Jason Lange and Dustin Volz wrote.

The central bank’s national cybersecurity team identified majority of the recorded breaches as “malicious code” while four attacks in 2012 were described as “espionage,” Reuters said.

The records further revealed the Federal Reserve suspected that hackers or spies were involved in many of the incidents, Reuters added.

There were no information on the hackers or on the consequences of the attacks, Lange and Volz wrote.

The Defense Department has proposed to develop a new records system to help DoD insider threat management and analysis center and military components manage their insider threat information and related programs.

DoD said in a notice posted May 19 on Federal Register it plans to establish the new system to comply with an executive order that seeks to change the way federal agencies protect classified networks from security vulnerabilities.

According to the department, the system will work to help DITMAC and DoD components develop recommendations to address potential insider threats, identify best practices in insider threat programs as well as detect, monitor and analyze data and systemic issues related to insider threats.

The platform will also cover various records including personal information as part of responses to questionnaires, data on foreign activities and contacts, reports of polygraph examinations, document control registries, nondisclosure agreements, and data collected through monitoring of user activity.

Comments to the proposed system of records are due June 20, according to the notice.