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Cisco has launched new solutions designed to simplify IT operations across on-premise data centers and multicloud environments. The solutions will deliver greater scale and innovative application experiences “Today, Cisco is announcing IT platforms for multicloud operations that provide advanced insights and automation to help organizations transform faster," said Todd Nightingale, SVP and GM, Cisco Enterprise Networking and Cloud.

KPMG has developed a technology architecture to match patients in clinical trials for convalescent plasma therapy to recovered patients willing to donate their antibodies, to advance the response and recovery of COVID-19 patients, the company reported on Thursday.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has unveiled a bill that includes fiscal year 2015 budgets for cybersecurity programs at the departments of Commerce and Justice and at the National Science Foundation, FCW reported Monday. Adam Mazmanian writes the commerce, justice, science bill would allocate funding for DOJ to hire nine additional …

A Senate appropriations subcommittee has approved a bill that provides the departments of Justice and Commerce as well as federal science organizations with a $51.2 billion combined budget for the next fiscal year, FCW reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes that legislation on those agencies’ FY 2015 budget allocations will undergo …

Several technology and business associations have urged Congress to soften its stance on companies who want to do business with Chinese-owned or subsidized companies, saying current laws may have done more harm than good, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jason Miller writes 14 groups have made the plea for the …

Legislation that moved through the House Thursday designates the departments of Homeland Security and Justice as clearinghouses of digital data the government and private companies would share on cyber threats. The House approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act by a 288-127 vote, nearly a year after the House …

China’s government is speaking out against a new law requiring some U.S. federal agencies to obtain approval from law enforcement before buying information technology products made in China, Reuters reports. Citing state media, Megha Rajagopalan writes that a Chinese commerce ministry spokesman claimed the bill is unfair to China-based enterprises …

U.S. government entities cannot acquire information technology equipment from companies owned or subsidized by China’s government without consulting the FBI first, Information Week reports. J. Nicholas Hoover writes Congress included the provision in the continuing resolution out of concerns over potential hackings and other risks posed by technology made by …

President Barack Obama announced Friday that Michael E. Horowitz, currently a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, is the nominee for inspector general at the Justice Department. “Today is a proud day for Cadwalader,” said Christopher White, firm chairman. “Cadwalader has a long history of public service.  Answering the …

A recent vote on the budget of the Justice Department’s technology programs aims to cut funding by $45.9 million as compared to last year’s budget. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies’ vote would give the department less than the president requested. The favored $72.34 billion fiscal …