Applications for the Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy remain open due to the partial government shutdown, according to the program’s website and a tweet from Federal CIO Suzette Kent. […]
President Trump said today that he was getting closer to calling a national emergency in order to get a wall built on the southern U.S. border, while at the same time the Democratic-led House continued to pass separate spending bills that would re-open Federal agencies, but which have little chance of passing in the GOP-led Senate. […]
The U.S. Navy said it has approved the final draft of its Information Warfare Readiness Improvement Plan (IWRIP). […]
Several key Senate and House technology and telecom leadership positions were announced on Wednesday. […]
The Program Support Center (PSC), a part of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a request for proposals on Thursday to procure Intelligent Automation/Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) solutions services and products. […]
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., announced today that she will serve on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. […]
Federal employees who scheduled “use-or-lose” annual leave at agencies affected by the partial government shutdown can have that time restored, according to a new memo released Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]
Just over half of Americans (53 percent) think the United States is “prepared” to handle a “major cyberattack,” according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday. […]
Artificial intelligence is key to the future of the American economy, and investments need to be made now to ensure that the workforce is prepared, said members of Congress during a panel at a Washington Post Live event on Thursday. […]
The ransomware attack that recently hit Tribune Publishing was perpetrated by an independent crime organization, rather than a nation-state, McAfee announced Wednesday. […]
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has reintroduced legislation that that would create and impose data standards for information that recipients of Federal grants and cooperative agreements must report to the Federal government. […]
Congressman Doug Collins, R-Ga., is expected to introduce legislation that will require FCC Connect America Fund (CAF) broadband subsidy recipients to provide additional information about their internet speed and latency testing. […]
Former CFO at the Department of Education, Doug Webster, was on a segment of Government Matters this week to discuss the best practices for enterprise risk management (ERM) as government agencies deal with the risks of the partial government shutdown. […]
The first GPS III satellite has taken its place in the celestial sphere, initiating an upgrade of the Global Positioning System that promises faster, more reliable service and hardened protections against jamming and cyber attacks for lower costs than the current constellation. But the Air Force, which launched GPS III on Dec. 23, 2018, has a long, uncertain way to go before delivering on a project that has seen significant delays and cost overruns involving both space and ground operations. […]
Wednesday negotiations to end the partial government shutdown ended abruptly, with President Donald Trump leaving the room. […]
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Mark Warner, D-Va., along with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel voiced strong opposition Tuesday and Wednesday to the reported sale of user location data by telecom service providers including Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T. […]
The Defense Department has named Eric Chewning chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. […]
The Marine Corps Systems Command sent out a request for information on January 7, looking for help in migrating applications from on-prem to commercial cloud environments. Responses are due by January 23. […]
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., alleged in a statement today that the shutdown is preventing the Federal government from attracting top IT talent. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Atlantic’s Navy Secure Voice Systems contract. […]
Anthony Ferrante, senior managing director and global head of cybersecurity at FTI Consulting, is now also a law enforcement analyst for CNN. […]
The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) released a request for information yesterday for IT support services for the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), with a focus on shifting to cloud. Responses are due by January 24. […]
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Ala., the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is pushing for a hearing on 5G wireless deployment and said the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act could be a good jumping off point for the hearing, according to a Politico report. […]
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) said Tuesday it merged with the Public Technology Institute (PTI), with CompTIA as the surviving entity. […]
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general (IG) released a detailed summary of the agency’s 2018 audit that detailed the departments struggles with its IT systems. […]
President Donald Trump will address the nation from the Oval Office tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST regarding his demands for Congress to include $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall on the Southern U.S. border. […]
Federal agency demand for CDM (Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation) security technologies has plenty of room for continued growth based on a GAO report released in late December, which showed mixed progress on agency deployment figures for the first half of 2018. The report underlined the importance of CDM progress and chided Federal agencies for being slow to implement the government’s approach to network security. […]
The U.S. Navy is seeking cost proposals for research support in technologies that can be applied to its Resilient Cyber Warfare Capabilities (CWD) for NAVAIR Weapon Systems, according to a broad agency announcement. […]
Matthew Blaze, a voting security researcher, announced Monday that he is leaving the University of Pennsylvania for Georgetown University, where he will be the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science and Law. […]
The Wireless Infrastructure Association has hired Kate Forscey as its new director of legislative affairs. Formerly, Forscey was a legislative aide to Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. […]