John Zangardi: DHS Needs to Modify Cyber, IT Hiring Process to Fill Skills Gap
John Zangardi, chief information officer of the Department of Homeland Security, has said there is a need for the department to implement a more flexible hiring process as it administers various...
View ArticleReport: DHS Anti-Email Spoofing Measure in Effect at Multiple Agencies
Email security company Valimail reports that roughly half of federal government domains have implemented an email security protocol in compliance with a directive that the Department of Homeland...
View ArticleUS Army Developing Strategy to Build Up ‘World-Class Workforce’
Brig. Gen. Richard Angle of Army Cyber Command has announced that the U.S. Army is working on a “holistic talent management strategy” to hire, train and retain a “world-class workforce,” Fedscoop...
View ArticleFour Senators Support Bill to Require Paper Ballots for U.S. Elections
Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., are supporting Sen. Ron Wyden's, D-Ore., new bill aiming to help secure elections from cyber...
View ArticleNational Space Council to Discuss Space Force Progress, Plans at Next Meeting
The National Space Council will discuss proposals to establish a space-dedicated service branch at a meeting scheduled for Oct. 23, Space News reported Monday. Vice President Mike Pence said in a tweet...
View ArticleDHS Reports Increasing Agency Compliance With Email Security Directive
Thomas McDermott, the Department of Homeland Security’s deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy, recently said that more and more federal agencies are complying with the requirements of Binding...
View ArticleNASIC Expert Recommends Shift of Focus Towards Adversarial On Orbit...
Jeffrey Gossel, the senior intelligence engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center’s Space and Missile Analysis Group, has said that officials need to pay more attention to the...
View ArticleOMB Official Endorses Strategy to Promote Adoption of Evidence-Based...
An official at the Office of Management and Budget recently underscored the importance of equipping federal agencies with the ability to collect and leverage data when making decisions and formulating...
View ArticleCBO Report: Navy Shipbuilding Plan to Cost Roughly $30B Annually for 30 Years
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. Navy's 2019 shipbuilding proposal would, on average, cost $28.9B in 2018 dollars per year throughout the plan’s three-decade duration. The Navy’s...
View ArticleTrump Orders National Spectrum Policy Development to Advance 5G Innovation
President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum ordering the development of a strategic national policy that will work to facilitate wireless communications advancement with 5G technology.
View ArticleInspector General Reviews DOE’s Unclassified Cybersecurity Program
The Energy Department's office of inspector general has recommended strategies to secure DOE information systems and data after identifying vulnerabilities during to a fiscal 2018 evaluation of its...
View ArticleUSAF Submits Squadron Readiness Plans; Heather Wilson Quoted
The U.S. Air Force is looking to boost the readiness rates of its F-22, F-35 and F-16 aircraft squadrons, according to a recently submitted plan, Defense News reported Saturday. These squadrons are...
View ArticleCBO: Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Bill Would Cost $2.5M Over 5 Years
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the implementation of a Senate bill that would allow cybersecurity personnel in one federal civilian agency to work at another agency on a rotational and...
View ArticleAir Force to Extend Space Training, Require Top Security Clearance
Brig. Gen. DeAnna Burt, U.S. Air Force Space Command director of operations and communications, recently announced that the Undergraduate Space Training program is being expanded from 77 days to 111...
View ArticleWhite House Official Sees ‘Business as Normal’ in Admin Tech Agenda Following...
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination Chris Liddell spoke about the Trump Administration's technology agenda at the recent Technology 202 conference hosted by the Washington Post....
View ArticlePatrick Shanahan: OSD Expects Space Force Set Up to Cost Less Than $13B
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said that the Office of the Secretary of Defense expects the establishment of a Space Force to cost less than the amount that the U.S. Air Force had...
View ArticleState Department: Foreign Military Sales of Authorized Arms Increase to $192B
The State Department has revealed that foreign military sales of defense weapons has increased to $192.3B in fiscal year 2018, due to the implementation of a new conventional arms transfers initiative.
View ArticleUN Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Responsible ICT Use by State Actors
The United Nations General Assembly First Committee has announced the approval of two documents that aim to regulate the way state actors use modern information and communication technologies. The...
View ArticleAnalysis: US Wars Post-9/11 Have Cost Nearly $6T
The chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston University estimates that, as of fiscal year 2019, the U.S. will have to spend $5.9T to pay for all the wars the country has been involved in...
View ArticleAcquisition Reforms Now Helping Air Force Save Budget, Time for Modernization
A top U.S. Air Force official has said the service is already benefiting from the acquisition reforms approved by Congress, particularly in its programs to get new jet trainers, helicopters and...
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