The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules to safeguard wireless equipment authorizations from being compromised by entities that have been found to pose risks to national security.

FCC said Thursday the notice of proposed rulemaking would prohibit all entities on the ‘Covered List’ from taking a role in the equipment authorization program and implement a 5 percent ownership reporting threshold as part of efforts to capture all foreign interests that present national security concerns.

The commission is soliciting public comments on how it should consider national security determinations made in other agency’s covered lists when it comes to developing eligibility qualifications for recognizing telecommunications certification bodies — a.k.a. TCBs — or test laboratories in the equipment authorization program.

The proposed rules seek to prevent untrustworthy actors from influencing TCBs and test labs that participate in the FCC’s certification program for electronic devices.

“This action is part of a broader effort at this agency to make network security a priority,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement published Thursday.

Workday will help the Defense Intelligence Agency modernize its human resource processes by providing it with access to a cloud-based software designed for accelerating digital transformation.

The company said Thursday its Workday Government Cloud will provide DIA with a single system of record where it can centralize all HR data to automate business processes, accelerate hiring decisions and promote better collaboration among its workforce.

Workday is also expected to assist the agency in establishing an employee-centric talent foundation in an effort to boost employee retention, increase workforce engagement and foster development of future leaders.

“The intelligence community is not immune to the external forces transforming the world of work so we applaud DIA for leading the charge in modernizing the way it manages the evolving needs of its workforce – a mission we are honored to support,” remarked Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday.

The partnership marks Workday’s entry into the intelligence community market and builds on the company’s current customer base of over 35 federal and national government agencies worldwide.

The Department of Commerce has proposed to provide Absolics up to $75 million in CHIPS and Science Act funding to help the company expand the production of glass substrates for semiconductor advanced packaging.

The department said Thursday the company will use the proposed funding under the nonbinding preliminary memorandum of terms to advance the construction of a 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and generate over 1,200 construction, manufacturing and research and development jobs in Covington, Georgia.

“An important part of the success of President Biden’s CHIPS program is ensuring the United States is a global leader in every part of the semiconductor supply chain, and the advanced semiconductor packaging technologies Absolics is working on will help to achieve that goal, while also creating hundreds of jobs in Georgia,” said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

The proposed investment will enable Absolics to improve innovation capacity in support of the local talent pipeline through its partnership with Georgia Tech.

According to the department, glass substrates for advanced semiconductor packaging could help reduce power needs and improve the performance of chips that support artificial intelligence tools and other high-performance computing applications.