The U.S. Army‘s cyber organization took part in a military training rotation at Fort Erwin, California, to facilitate defense and offensive cyberspace, intelligence and data operations during the exercise.

The Army Cyber Command said Monday its participation at a recent National Training Center activity for the Lancer Brigade was part of a pilot program meant to help the military service integrate cyber functions into the branch’s tactical units.

Prior to the rotation, the command’s 780th Military Intelligence Brigade worked to build a realistic cyber environment within the NTC’s training area.

Army Cyber Institute researchers also took part in the exercise to observe and document their observations for the future development of a military cyber doctrine.

“We hope to add value by understanding the current challenges facing staff integration and cyber planning at the maneuver headquarters, as well as the expeditionary nature of cyber enabling at the maneuver headquarters,” said Capt. Frederick Waage.

The Army plans to use data from the NTC rotation and the Cyber Support to Corps and Below initiative to make decisions on various warfighting elements such as manning, individual and collective training, equipment, tactics and rules of engagement.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ office of civil rights has released a crosswalk document in an effort to help healthcare organizations understand the overlap between the Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act Security Rule and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework.

OCR developed the document in collaboration with NIST and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS said Feb. 23.

The document also aims to help healthcare groups identify gaps in their cybersecurity programs and implement measures meant to safeguard electronic health data.

The crosswalk also includes mappings of different categories to other security frameworks such as the Council on Cybersecurity Critical Security Controls and Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology Edition 5.

Those categories include asset management, risk assessment, access control, data security and information protection procedures.

The General Services Administration‘s 18F has identified opportunities for the digital services group to help spur citizen-government interaction and improve access to government services after it conducted research under the Federal Front Door project.

Colin MacArthur, Carolyn Dew, Michelle Chronister and John Yuda write in a blog entry posted Monday that 18F found during the six-week study in five cities that personnel capacity, digital infrastructure and bottleneck issues prevent the public from interacting with agencies.

They said the group will consider expanding a draft guidance on government web design standards to include strategies for agencies to increase transparency in online service delivery process and reinforce user trust in government systems.

18F also seeks to help streamline multiple cross-agency services as well as identify technology-based methods for information dissemination.

McArthur, Dew, Chronister and Yuda added the organization eyes development of new digital tools for agencies to facilitate and secure exchange of confidential data.

Jody Singer, a former flight programs and partnerships office manager for NASA, has been promoted to deputy director of the space agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The 30-year agency veteran will work with Director Todd May to manage a field installation with nearly 6,000 civil and contractor personnel and a budget of $2.5 billion per year, NASA said Monday.

Marshall supports programs such as the Space Launch System, a rocket being designed to carry astronauts into space in the Orion spacecraft.

Singer previously led Marshall’s flight programs and partnerships office for almost three years and was responsible for the center’s work with human exploration projects, flight mission programs and International Space Station hardware integration and operations functions plus partnerships with other government agencies and international organizations.

She is also a former deputy program manager of SLS and has also served as deputy manager of Marshall’s Space Shuttle propulsion office.