Shawn Lennon, deputy chief financial officer at the Defense Logistics Agency, said the agency is exploring ways to harness artificial intelligence to advance its efforts to achieve a clean financial audit. He noted that
Polar Semiconductor could secure up to $120 million in potential CHIPS and Science Act funding through a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms it signed with the Department of Commerce. The Commerce Department
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The Department of Defense has issued a directive to establish policy and assign responsibilities to evaluate and determine whether the ownership of a covered contractor or subcontractor requires the implementation of foreign
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The House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the potential $849.8 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 includes $1 billion for the procurement of another Virginia-class submarine for the U.S.
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Dominique Duval-Diop, most recently U.S. chief data scientist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has joined the Department of Commerce’s Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its counterparts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.K. have released new guidance on secure by design considerations that manufacturers and organizations could
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The General Services Administration has appointed a new chair and three new members to a federal panel that advises the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, effective May 15. Lawrence Hale, deputy
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before Senate lawmakers on Wednesday to testify about the Department of Defense’s budget request of $850 billion for fiscal year 2025, Defense News reported. Although he acknowledged
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Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum aimed at addressing issues associated with cybersecurity reciprocity and the Risk Management Framework. According
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The U.S. Space Force has completed factory confidence testing, or FCT, for two extremely high frequency military satellite communications payloads under its Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization program. The tests were completed in collaboration
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The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy have selected the first round of projects under the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, or NAIRR, pilot. Through the pilot, AI researchers and
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