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According to a recent Congressional Budget Office analysis, the Defense Department’s most recent five-year budget plan will run $123 billion, or 5 percent more than expected. CBO analyzed the Pentagon’s future years defense program and its impact between fiscal years 2013 and 2017, through 2030. The plan describes the department’s base …

The White House is on its way in reaching its $8 billion target for 2012 in real estate savings, according to its Friday announcement. Danny Werfel, controller at the Office of Management and Budget, reported that the government sold and saved over $5.5 billion in the first quarter of fiscal …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a program drawing from computer game companies, universities and private sector entities to develop the agency’s cyber capabilities. According to the Washington Post, DARPA is launching a five-year, $110 million research project named Plan X in order to experiment ways the military can …

Auditors found the Energy Department has more data centers than the number it initially told the Office of Management and Budget, according to FierceGovernment IT. DOE estimated in July 2011 that it had 58 unclassified data centers and 101,000 total square feet of data centers, David Perera writes. However, auditors suggest the …

Adding money to programs the Defense Department does not need detracts from programs it does need funding for, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said, according to Defense News. Carter told attendees of an event at the American Enterprise Institute Wednesday that Congress should not tamper with the Pentagon’s proposed budget, Kate …

President Obama has signed legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and raise its lending authority in order to increase U.S. exports and jobs, Bloomberg reports. Obama signed the bill Wednesday following Senate approval through a 78-20 vote on May 25 and a 330-93 House vote on May 9. The measure raises the …

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs are working to connect veterans with disabilities to water and wastewater sector career opportunities, the EPA and VA announced Wednesday. State and local VA counselors will work with the EPA and the VA’s vocational rehabilitation and employment program to promote …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published its cloud computing guide to address security and risk management concerns, GovInfo Security reports. NIST said its Special Special Publication 800-146: Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations describe cloud in plain language, while providing guidance as to how information technology decision makers should …

The departments of Defense and Homeland Security expanded their voluntary cybersecurity information-sharing program with the defense industrial base earlier this month. All industrial base companies are eligible to participate in the DIB Cyber Security/Information Assurance Program. Some 1,000 firms are expected to participate in the program, which Pentagon Deputy Chief …

Former White House employee Andy Ozment has been appointed to rejoin the cyber office as one of two senior directors, Federal News Radio reports. Ozment, currently the Department of Homeland Security’s director for compliance and technology in the chief information security officer’s office, will report to White House cyber head Howard Schmidt, Jason Miller …