The Government Accountability Office on Thursday released a report detailing the results of a study it had conducted on five federal non-military departments to determine the extent to which they had implemented
Michael Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, recently criticized the defense industry for being “mired in process†just like the government, Space News reported Sunday. Speaking to contractors at last
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The Pentagon has announced its plan to add product or service security as a criterion when evaluating offers made by prospective contractors, the Washington Post reported Monday. Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Audricia Harris
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The Trump administration plans to initiate reskilling programs to address the information technology and cybersecurity skills gap among federal employees, FedScoop reported Thursday. Among the options available to the government is cross-training,
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Bureau of the Fiscal Service Commissioner Kim McCoy has invited chief financial officers at federal agencies to try and put into action any of the 10 initiatives outlined in a publication describing
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A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency official recently said that small launch vehicles like Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus or Rocket Lab’s Electron could contribute to the survivability of U.S. military assets in space,
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Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan recently issued a memo prohibiting Defense Department personnel in operational areas from using the geolocation features of their electronic devices. Activating geolocation functions of devices such as
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide an update on the implementation of a cybersecurity measure that would prevent attackers from impersonating federal agencies through email.
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The Defense Department‘s Office of the Inspector General has found that the heads of multiple DoD components have yet to finish taking corrective action on almost 2,000 recommendations that the office proposed following various audits
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The Government Accountability Office called on the Defense Department to collect and consolidate agency-wide knowledge about hosting government payloads aboard commercially manufactured satellites. GAO said Monday it found that, although multiple offices within the
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The National Counterintelligence and Security Center recently described Russia, Iran and China as “the most capable and active†among the foreign entities that pose a cyber intelligence threat to the United States.
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