The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) component has appointed Ross Graber chief information security officer (CISO), according to an internal agency announcement viewed by MeriTalk. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning today about possible cyberattacks on vulnerable U.S. networks and critical infrastructure coming from Iranian state actors following the June 21 bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States. […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has appointed Patrick Ware as its new executive director – which is the organization’s highest-ranking civilian position and the number three position overall in its command structure. […]
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The Defense Department’s (DoD) undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment has issued a set of rules to implement a policy announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in May that limits the agency’s use of IT consulting contracts in order to reduce reliance on outside firms and bolster the department’s in-house expertise. […]
Josh Gruenbaum, who heads the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), has sent off a fresh round of letters seeking better pricing terms from Federal contractors – this time a list of six strategy consulting firms that GSA defines as “traditional strategy consulting firms.” […]
Morgan Adamski, who has been executive director at U.S. Cyber Command since June 2024, said today she is leaving the organization to embark on a “new adventure.” […]
The head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told senior House Appropriations Committee leaders in a June 25 letter that a 48 percent cut to GAO’s budget approved earlier this week by the committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee would have “grave, pervasive” effects on the agency’s ability to serve as the investigative arm of Congress. […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on June 24 called on Congress to make further reductions to Federal government spending while praising cost-cutting efforts that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already undertaken. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that Elastic – which provides search, observability, and security functions through its Elastic Search AI Platform – will be offering deep discounts to Federal government agencies through September 2027 under GSA’s OneGov program. […]
