NASA said Leslie Livesay has assumed her role as deputy director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, taking over from Larry James, who was appointed in September 2013. Livesay is equipped with nearly four decades of experience in autonomous space exploration. She previously served as JPL’s associate director for flight projects and mission success, director for astronomy […]
Customs and Border Protection has expanded its use of unmanned aircraft systems over the last five years for search and rescue and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, among other purposes. In an interview during a webinar edition of Ask the CIO, Quinn Palmer, the national operations director for small UAS at CBP, said the agency now […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a new strategy to guide how government agencies, academia, industry and international partners use CHIPS and Science Act funding over the next five years. The National Strategy on Microelectronics Research outlines four goals designed to advance microelectronics research and development, boost domestic microelectronics manufacturing […]
The National Science Foundation has appointed Gregory Hager as head of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, effective June 3. Hager, a Mandell Bellmore professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, is known for his research on artificial intelligence and machine learning, including activity recognition and detection from video data; collaborative […]
Red Hat’s Open Shift service, running on Amazon Web Services, has obtained the “Ready” designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board. According to FedRAMP, the designation indicates that a cloud service provider can meet several of the baseline FedRAMP criteria. The designation supports the goal of achieving a provisional authority […]
The Department of Defense has named David Cattler as the new director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, replacing Daniel Lecce, who has served in an acting capacity since September 2023. Cattler brings leadership, intelligence collection and analytic experience to his new role. He previously served as an intelligence enterprise mission manager in the […]
Harry Coker, the national cyber director, and Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, have expressed support for a presidential advisory report recommending higher funding for sector risk management agencies. The recently released report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology provides recommendations to strengthen critical infrastructure resilience […]
Carahsoft has expanded its artificial intelligence portfolio with the addition of AI-enabled business intelligence solutions from Datalogz. As Datalogz’s Master Government Aggregator, Carahsoft will offer the products to public sector entities through its reseller partners and contract vehicles, including the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint. The […]
The U.S. Army has awarded LMI a five-year, $65 million contract to support the modernization of the Global Combat Support System-Army logistics and financial management information enterprise resource planning system. According to Jon Baba, senior vice president of LMI’s defense market and a 4×24 member, the company’s contribution to the GCSS-Army transformation will boost the […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has appointed Robert “Rob” Schadey as the new program manager for the National Background Investigation Services. Schadey, who was the acting deputy program executive officer for the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, assumed the NBIS role on Sunday. As the program manager, he will facilitate the […]
