The Senate on Monday voted 99-0 to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as the current administration’s secretary of state, Reuters reported. Rubio’s confirmation came just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn
Gregory Touhill, federal chief information security officer at the Office of Management and Budget, has outlined five cybersecurity areas that he plans to prioritize as the first federal CISO. Touhill wrote in
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The General Services Administration has published a final rule that would require federal contractors to report transactional acquisition data as well as eliminate price reduction clause and commercial sales practices disclosure requirements for contractors.
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President-elect Donald Trump has proposed to increase the U.S. Navy’s fleet of 272 ships to 350 as part of his plan to generate jobs and help the government deter conflicts and fight
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The European Union on Tuesday decided to increase the fiscal 2017 budget of the European Defense Agency by 1.6 percent to approximately $33 million, Reuters reported Tuesday. Robin Emmott writes the decision marks
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Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, has said the “arbitrary lines†between public and private property have resulted in “uneven†cooperation between the private sector and government in the
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has collaborated with the U.S. Coast Guard and the oil and natural gas industry to develop a cybersecurity document that aims to ensure the safe transfer
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The General Services Administration plans to launch a cloud-based platform designed to help federal agencies facilitate the contract writing process and integrate with federal financial shared service providers as part of the
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The Defense Department has expressed support to a provisional agreement signed by South Korea and Japan to facilitate sharing of military intelligence data between the two countries, the Korea Herald reported Tuesday.
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department’s partnership with innovation and commercial technology communities helps the U.S. military to be agile and ready for future threats, DoD News reported Monday.
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The White House has unveiled new measures that seek to help veterans, uniformed personnel and their families leverage the use of federal education benefits through a presidential memorandum. The memorandum calls for
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