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Contracting
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to extend an integration contract related to CDM by claiming DHS failed to articulate "a complete architectural vision" at the outset of the program.
06/18/2018
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Cybersecurity
The government is seeking to eliminate all traces of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs from federal systems, issuing a new interim rule to extend the governmentwide ban to contractors.
06/15/2018
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Defense
As the prominence of the cyber domain intensifies, the Pentagon increasingly must choose between supporting the mission and protecting its valuable data.
06/14/2018
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Modernization
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $150 million for the centralized fund created by the Modernizing Government Technology Act, falling $60 million short of the White House’s fiscal year 2019 request and $100 million short of what the MGT Act authorizes.
06/14/2018
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Workforce
The Office of Personnel Management wants to know exactly what cybersecurity positions agencies need to fill and how they plan to fill them.
06/14/2018
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People
Phyllis Bailey, the CIO for the Army's Information Assurance Training, Education, and Awareness Division, received CompTIA's 2018 Excellence in Cybersecurity Award for driving DOD's information security certification requirements.
06/13/2018
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Homeland Security
After running the operation for almost a year, the temporary head of the National Protection and Programs Directorate is set to be sworn in as the group's official director.
06/13/2018
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People
Longtime federal IT executive Karen Evans is returning to government to head the Department of Energy's new office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response.
06/13/2018
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Elections
The Protecting Americans Votes and Elections Act sponsored by six Senate Democrats looks to digital ballot uncertainty by requiring paper ballots for all federal elections.
06/12/2018
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Workforce
Virginia Democrat Sen. Mark Warner proposed new cost transparency and processing goals to reform the federal security clearance process.
06/12/2018
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Cybersecurity
The U.S. government on Monday added to a growing list of organizations and individuals sanctioned and charged with assisting Russia in cyberattacks against the United States.
06/11/2018
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Cybersecurity
The Energy Department's new cybersecurity and emergency response unit aims to complement critical infrastructure efforts at DHS.
06/11/2018
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Census
Census documents reveal the rising costs of the 2020 census -- and indicate that existing tech can be leveraged to obtain accurate citizenship data without adding a new question to the population survey.
06/11/2018
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Defense
The Senate released its text and report for the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. Take a look at a few of the biggest cyber provisions that could make it through final passage.
06/08/2018
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Congress
A push on Capitol Hill looks to preempt a possible patchwork of data encryption policies varying from state to state.
06/07/2018