Federal agencies are required to improve their business processes and service delivery through digitization under the Office of Management and Budget’s newly issued guidance. The Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience guidance, developed under the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, said agencies should ensure their websites, web applications, digital services and mobile applications are accessible […]
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships has selected five teams to receive a $25 million investment to develop prototypes of their proposed technologies for securing 5G connectivity. Work will be performed over two years under the second phase of the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure program, […]
Parsons has announced that it will develop hardware and software solutions for intelligence applications under a potential seven-year, $160 million classified contract with the Intelligence Community. According to Mike Kushin, president of Parsons’ defense and intelligence sector, contract work involves supporting the IC’s missions aiming to defend and advance national security interests worldwide. Services may include […]
A joint advisory released by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns critical infrastructure sectors of the Snatch ransomware gang’s evolving tactics to compromise systems and steal sensitive data. According to the advisory, the five-year-old group improves its malicious software using learnings from successful ransomware operations and mainly targets the defense industrial base, […]
The need for student civil rights protection remains even with the release of the White House’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, according to 19 education technology policy and advocacy groups. In a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of Education, the groups highlighted the need […]
A bill seeking to extend the implementation of the Technology Modernization Fund to 2030 has cleared a markup session of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act of 2023 also proposes reforms to TMF program management and oversight, including requiring project funding suspension or termination when an agency head […]
NASA’s Johnson Space Center is soliciting proposals to develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, a spacecraft that will remove the International Space Station from its operational orbit once the laboratory reaches the end of its life in 2031. The U.S. space agency and its partners operating the ISS, namely the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space […]
The Department of Homeland Security has released a report from the Cyber Incident Reporting Council recommending that incidents impacting national and economic security and safety be reported within a shorter timeline than the 72-hour deadline under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act. In a report submitted to Congress under CIRCIA, the council also […]
The National Science Foundation has selected 37 teams to receive $72.5 million in investments over four years to conduct studies aiming to design, discover and develop new materials necessary to address major societal challenges. The teams consist of 161 researchers from 61 universities, including Florida International University, Tuskegee University and New Mexico Highlands University. Among […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command has selected Quantum Computing Inc. subsidiary Qi Solutions to develop quantum technology applications under a five-year overarching cooperative research and development agreement to support USSOCOM’s global special operations and activities. Qi Solutions, a nontraditional defense contractor, offers quantum photonic detection and ranging sensors, computing, communications, cryptography and advanced microchip solutions, […]
