NASA has secured funding for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, an infrared space telescope designed to identify potentially hazardous asteroids and comets. The funding allows NASA to advance the NEO Surveyor to the development stage and supports the agency’s goal of launching the telescope in 2028. The approved budget for the NEO Surveyor is included in […]
Jake Martin, a Potomac Officers Club member, leads BT Group‘s insurance wealth management and financial services sector. BT Group is a telecommunications company headquartered in London that offers network, connectivity, business-to-business and digital innovation solutions to retail, commercial business and government clients worldwide. In his position, Martin leads teams that develop new businesses with multinational […]
Marybeth Lenkevich Steil, a Potomac Officers Club member, is the president of IAMUS Consulting, whose offerings include cyber operations, cybersecurity data expertise, and solutions development and deployment. Steil provides mission-focused cybersecurity and IT services to clients in the defense, intelligence community and federal civilian sectors. She is also an experienced legal adviser, strategist and communicator […]
Outgoing Sen. Rob Portman introduced two new bills on Wednesday designed to protect people from risks associated with the government’s use of facial recognition and artificial intelligence. The first bill is called the Facial Accountability, Clarity and Efficiency In Technology Act. According to Portman, the FACE IT Act would require the National Institute of Standards […]
The national coordinator for health IT said multiple applicants are expected to have fully operational information networks for sharing clinical data in 2023. Speaking at eHealth Exchange’s annual meeting on Dec. 15, Micky Tripathi said he heard details about some prospective organizations building new platforms in anticipation of being approved as a QHIN. According to […]
Pinehurst, North Carolina-based IT services provider Terida has secured an in process designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Terida RegTech Framework – CLASsoft offering. CLASsoft is a cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service solution that uses Amazon Web Services. It provides security, continuous monitoring and controls for the entire regulatory technology process. CLASsoft integrates […]
NASA is seeking ideas for reboosting the Hubble Space Telescope‘s orbit. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, NASA is looking for technical information on how a company might raise the telescope’s orbit. It also wants to know the risks involved in the mission and the probability of success. The agency said […]
The U.S. military will feature cyber capabilities for the first time in an upcoming exercise involving the U.S. Africa Command and over a dozen countries. During the Justified Accord 23 event, the U.S. military will work with African forces on matters concerning the digital domain. Specifically, participants will train for incident detection, intelligence collection, containment […]
President Joe Biden has signed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act into law. The newly enacted legislation is designed to encourage federal government agencies to adopt technologies that could withstand quantum computing-enabled decryption. Particularly, it would require the Office of Management and Budget to prioritize agencies’ acquisition of and migration to IT systems that use […]
John Nichols is a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a nonprofit science and technology policy research institute that supports national security missions. Nichols is also a partner and owner of PRASAM, an S&T and defense-focused consulting firm doing business as The Potomac Advocates. He has been with the firm since 2003. […]
