Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced the start of cybersecurity challenge that will run through March 2017 and aims to spark students’ interest in information technology security careers. The NSA Day of Cyber School Challenge
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Branimir Blagojevic, a NASA technologist at Goddard Space Flight Center, has created a new instrument to detect signatures of life on Mars and across the solar system. NASA said Tuesday Blagojevic developed a prototype
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The U.K. government has unveiled a new strategy that will invest approximately $2.3 billion over five years in programs that seek to safeguard businesses and citizens from potential cyber attacks. Chancellor of the
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NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have awarded $117,000 in total prizes to eight student teams for their space habitation system designs that could support the Journey to Mars. The space agency said
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Officials at the Office of Personnel Management have said former and current federal employees whose personal data were compromised in a cyber hack at OPM must register again to retain coverage for identity
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The Treasury Department‘s inspector general for tax administration has found that as of March 25, the Internal Revenue Service identified suspected tax refund fraud cases valued at $72 million driven by the introduction of three
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report on technology transfers between federal laboratories and private sector entities in fiscal year 2014. NIST said Thursday the “Federal Laboratory Technology
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The Justice Department has released a policy that seeks to help federal prosecutors determine when to bring charges or launch an investigation under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Leslie Caldwell, assistant
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The White House has released draft guidance that details several actions on how federal agencies can develop and execute plans to update their information technology systems. Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott wrote in
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The U.S. Army has developed a bionic knee device designed to help soldiers generate energy and recharge batteries through walking and other knee movements, the Army said Wednesday. Jane Benson writes the
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