The Department of Defense should adopt an approach similar to zero trust in protecting its microelectronics supply chain, according to a former agency official and speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, told lawmakers that onshoring the production of semiconductors is not an […]
Public-sector advisers help government agencies address operational and strategic challenges. Be it in the federal level or the local level, governments act for the benefit of the public and require a different set of skills than the private sector. According to job site WayUp, the most noticeable difference is the larger scales of work that public-sector […]
The federal government has automated some processes of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a governmentwide program that standardizes the approach to security assessment authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud-based services. The effort prompted agencies to reuse authorized cloud products at a much higher rate compared to levels before the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop reported […]
The Government Accountability Office has found shortcomings in how the Coast Guard audits its employees’ use of telework networks and health statuses. Without auditing the accuracy staffers’ self-reports, the Coast Guard might use inaccurate data to inform its technology investment plans, GAO said in a report. “Coast Guard officials could not provide assurance or evidence […]
The mission of an Air Force Research Laboratory spacecraft in medium-Earth orbit has come to an end. AFRL said the Demonstration and Science Experiments mission lasted for 706 days and concluded on May 30, outliving its originally planned lifespan by nearly a year. Mark Scherbarth, chief engineer for DSX’s integrated experiments and evaluation division, said […]
Thomas Jones serves as president of Northrop Grumman’s aeronautics systems business unit, which has major operations in California, Florida, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Utah. The business unit develops military aircraft, autonomous systems, aerospace structures, surveillance technologies and other commercial solutions across the sea, air and land domains. Northrop said the technologies support applications […]
Science Applications International Corporation has launched an automated solution designed to help government agencies migrate large-scale workloads to the cloud. Called CloudSend, the solution was built to allow agencies to map out their cloud migration requirements for a clear view of their digital modernization journey, Homeland Security Today reported. SAIC said the solution will help […]
The Department of Energy will invest $28 million across five research projects aimed at helping national laboratories make the most out of their high-performance computers. DOE said it expects investments in supercomputing technologies to result in breakthroughs in fields like quantum information science and chemical reactions, which the department claimed could have applications in clean […]
Google Cloud has partnered with the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to build an aircraft maintenance digital ecosystem for the service’s vendor community. As part of an initiative called Project Lighthouse, Google Cloud will establish a system aimed at improving maintenance readiness and staff productivity through the adoption of scalable technology solutions. The platform will […]
The Department of Energy has launched a free web-based tool designed to speed up the approval process of solar panel installation permits. DOE said it launched the SolarAPP+ platform as part of its Summer of Solar 2021 program. The app is expected to make solar panel deployments significantly easier, supporting President Joe Biden’s goal of […]
