The Office of Management and Budget has released a memorandum to provide agencies with fiscal year 2025 reporting guidance and deadlines in compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014,
FBI Director James Comey has called on the U.S. government and the public to work together and identify ways to discuss issues of security and privacy related to encryption. Comey noted in a speech delivered Wednesday at the Center for
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Brad Carson, formerly acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness at the Defense Department, has said his efforts to update the military personnel management processes and the “Force of the Future†initiative will prevail, Military
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A Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. official has said that a former employee “inadvertently†breached information of approximately 44,000 FDIC clients in February by downloading data to a personal storage device, the Washington
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The U.S. Air Force deployed an undisclosed number of Boeing-built B-52 bombers to Qatar in a move to support defensive operations and respond to future contingencies in the Middle East against the Islamic
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John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, has said Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has launched efforts to address corruption involving monopolies and oligarchs that draw off money from U.S. and Afghan
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Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for installations, energy and the environment, has said one of the focus areas for the installation community is to authorize base realignment and closures
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A U.S. Air Force official has said the service branch is in the process of drafting the requirements document for an aircraft designed to replace the A-10 Warthog for use in close-air
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun to deploy a new system designed to help DHS facilitate data sharing and collaboration with other federal agencies and organizations through the Homeland Security Information
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The Defense Department reduced its number of security clearance holders by 900,000 from fiscal year 2013 through the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 in an effort to address potential insider threats, the Federation of
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A U.S. Army Cyber Command official has said the command has launched expeditionary cyber exercises designed to help combatant commanders and troops build up capabilities in cyber electromagnetic activities and assess potential
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