A U.S. Air Force official has said the service branch has initiated efforts to develop a mathematical algorithm that aims to predict cyber operations, Defense Systems reported Thursday. Maj. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, director of intelligence at the Air Combat Command, said her office has started to collaborate with nonprofit policy think …
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David Mader: OMB Seeks to Advance Shared Services Adoption Through New Governing Board
David Mader, acting deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, has announced OMB’s plan to set up an administrative body that will work to craft strategies to encourage government agencies to use shared services, GovExec reported Thursday. Mader said the governance board will work with a General …
Read More »Rep. Jason Chaffetz Leads Hearing on GPO & Secure Credentials Market
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has opened a hearing on the role of the Government Publishing Office and its potential impact on market competition, GovExec reported Wednesday. Charles Clark writes that Chaffetz noted the need to have a full and open competition for the …
Read More »John McHugh: Army to Move Forward with Force Reduction Plans
U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh has said the military service is moving forward with efforts to reduce its end strength to about 450,000 active-duty troops over the next two fiscal years, Army Times reported Monday. Jen Judson writes McHugh added the Army has proposed a fiscal 2017 budget to the …
Read More »Energy Dept Invests $30M in Building Heat Loss Reduction Effort; Ellen Williams Comments
The Energy Department has invested $30 million in a new project that aims to help reduce heat loss in commercial and residential buildings. The program seeks to retrofit single-pane windows with transparent and insulating materials under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the department said Wednesday. “The ARPA-E SHIELD program will help …
Read More »Jerry McGinn: DoD Should Use Analytics to Predict Industrial Base Performance
Jerry McGinn, the Defense Department‘s principal deputy director for manufacturing and industrial base policy, believes DoD can better measure industry’s technology efforts against national security requirements with business intelligence tools, FCW reported Monday. Sean Lyngaas writes McGinn also recommended that the department adopt a predictive analytics approach to determine key …
Read More »Susan Rice Talks Economic, Cyber Concerns That Drive US-China Relations
Susan Rice, national security adviser to President Barack Obama, has outlined the economic, cyber and other items in the efforts to sustain bilateral relations between the U.S. and China. Rice said in prepared remarks Monday at George Washington University that the U.S. continues to urge China to adopt market reforms …
Read More »Norman Dong: GSA Turns to Analytics to Help Reduce Federal Real Estate Footprint
Norman Dong, commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the General Services Administration, said data analytics technology has helped GSA manage energy consumption at federal buildings and real estate leases, GovExec reported Thursday. Charles Clark writes the agency implemented the analytics-based GSALink tool at 81 federal properties in an effort …
Read More »Study: Surveillance Messages Reduce Chances of Computer Command Entries into Hacked Systems by 8%
A study by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism says the presence of a surveillance banner on a hacked computer network reduces the chances of system intruders to input commands into the network by 8 percent. Nearly 50 percent of hackers that did not …
Read More »US Lends Predator Drones, Personnel to Latvia Under ‘Reassurance Initiative’
The U.S. has begun a two-week deployment for two General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones and 70 personnel to Latvia as part of the European Reassurance Initiative, CNN reported Monday. Tal Kopan and Jim Sciutto write that U.S. efforts to reassure NATO allies in Eastern Europe of its support to secure the region include the …
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