The Office of Personnel Management released a series of suggestions to improve agency IT in the next administration, including modernization efforts that need to be made to the National Background Investigations Bureau. […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a summary of its findings on data portability, including a suggestion to launch a review of publicly funded institutions that could be benefiting from data blocking. […]
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly stressed the importance of working together to combat cyber warriors at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Kelly said that incumbent Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was “on to something” when he reached out to Silicon Valley companies for best cybersecurity practices. […]
The Office of Personnel Management launched CyberCareers.gov. The website, which was created as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, focuses on learning policies that will assist Federal agencies in building the cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to give the single contract award for its Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Information Technology Support Services in September 2017. […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the nation’s election infrastructure will be designated as a subsector of the existing critical infrastructure sector. […]
The Department of Energy needs to double down on cybersecurity threats and expand emergency protocol for the nation’s electrical grid, according to the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published the Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery to help organizations develop a plan for recovering from cybersecurity incidents. […]
The U.S. Labor Department filed a lawsuit seeking to ban Google from receiving any government contracts unless it turns over information on thousands of its employees. […]
John Roth, inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, lodged an objection to the way the Transportation Security Administration handles information it deems Sensitive Security Information in a recent report on IT system security. […]
Members of the cryptography community have expressed interest in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s recent call for an algorithm less susceptible to hacks from a computer that does not exist yet. […]
President-elect Donald Trump has added two new advisers to the Federal Communications Commission’s landing team, including the first person with hands-on telecommunications experience. […]
The State Department hosted a technology camp in India, which focused on projects to combat violent extremism. The participants worked on online campaigns, digital storytelling, data visualization, and using online education tools to promote peace and understanding in their communities. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a $30 million grant for broadband technology research and development for first responders. […]
The DHS-FBI Joint Analysis Report sheds light on the tools Russian intelligence officers used to compromise the networks and infrastructure associated with the recent U.S. presidential election. […]
The State Department met with representatives from the European Union to discuss preparedness for cyberattacks and the U.S. National Cyber Incident Response Plan. […]
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate announced that it awarded $527,112 to Brigham Young University for a Web authentication middleware tool that will improve online security. […]
The U.S. government has not done enough to support the Internet of Things, which could cause the nation to miss out on social and economic benefits, according to a Center for Data Innovation report released last week. […]
A new partnership between George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and Ligado Networks is hoping to demonstrate the feasibility of delivering NOAA real-time weather data to users across the country at a lower cost, using a cloud-based network. […]
The Department of Homeland Security has begun accepting applications for the 2017 Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative. […]
Michael Johnson, chief information officer of the Department of Energy, has left the agency. […]
Researchers have expanded the Department of Homeland Security’s Incident Management Preparedness and Coordination Toolkit to offer assistance in a wider variety of dangerous scenarios, from stadium evacuations to hazardous chemical exposure. […]
Andy Ozment, assistant secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at DHS, has resigned effective Jan. 7. […]
In coordination with Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre, the FBI conducted a series of interviews and arrests Dec. 5-9 aimed at reducing the number of young people acting as Distributed Denial of Service-for-hire hackers. […]
The Department of Transportation issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would enable vehicle manufacturers to install technology that allows cars to talk to each other in order to avoid crashes. […]
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced that he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, 2017. […]
ZeroPoint Dynamics, a start-up company specializing in technology that can detect exploit payloads in email and Web content, will be commercialized through the Department of Homeland Security Cyber Security Division’s Transition to Practice program. […]
Working together as a consortium is a good way for private companies to offer Federal agencies defense technology, according to officials at the Department of Homeland Security. […]
Republican commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission are eyeing overturning net neutrality under a Trump presidency. […]
Nearly all Federal government employees are finding that slow, buggy, and sluggishly repaired applications have a negative impact on the productivity of their agency, according to a recent survey released by Riverbed. […]