The Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response is investing $39 million in nine national laboratory initiatives to secure distributed energy resources. DERs are small power generation and storage technologies that can be connected to or be independent of the electric grid. They typically have a capacity of less than 10 […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Accenture Federal Services a potential five-year, $25 million prime contract to modernize operations at the Air Force Sustainment Center, including air logistics complexes in Georgia, Oklahoma and Utah. Bill Marion, managing director and Air Force client executive at Accenture Federal Services, explained that AFSC is responsible for providing aircraft […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is using Venafi’s machine identity management solution to automate digital certificate processes. Venafi says on its website that the Transport Layer Security Protect application enables automation through configurable workflows and built-in integrations with certificate authorities. In a press release, the company explained that machine identities such as digital certificates […]
Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said his organization is investing in artificial intelligence and other tools to identify complex tax evasion schemes. In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office defined large partnerships as groups of businesses with at least 100 partners and a minimum of $100 million in assets. The IRS […]
Leidos has awarded Rocket Lab USA a contract to launch four Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron missions in 2024 and 2025. Leidos announced that it is leading the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed, a Department of Defense program aimed at speeding up hypersonic testing. It secured the MACH-TB contract through an other transaction authority […]
Vetegrity has received a potential 20-year, multimillion-dollar contract extending ongoing computer-aided drafting, engineering and architectural services for the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center. Vetegrity, based in Maryland, is expected to support efforts by DISA facility engineers to build infrastructure for agency and customer data processing requirements. The award resulted from a competitive […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new roadmap for securing open-source software in the government. From fiscal years 2024 to 2026, the agency aims to establish its role in the effort, improve its understanding of OSS usage and risks, address such risks and harden the broader ecosystem. Eric Goldstein, CISA’s executive assistant […]
CIA and U.S. Army special forces veteran Andrew Hartsog has taken on the role of vice president of special projects, national security programs at risk management company Constellis. Constellis CEO Terry Ryan, a 4×24 member, highlighted Hartsog’s national security experience from leadership and command assignments worldwide, including in several war zones. Hartsog retired as a […]
Christopher Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber adviser, said the service is struggling with operationalizing its data. Cleary, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, explained that a key part of the issue is data transport. He noted during a Billington Cybersecurity Summit panel on Thursday that the Navy is starting to use […]
Drew Myklegard, the deputy federal chief information officer, said new Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance governance is coming as software and platform-as-a-service offerings grow more prevalent in the cloud industry. Speaking at a FedScoop event on Thursday, Myklegard explained that the upcoming policy update will address a lag in the secure adoption of […]
