President Joe Biden has nominated Defense Innovation Unit Director Michael Brown for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Since Brown became director in 2018, the DIU doubled its number of ongoing projects, transitioned 26 new capabilities to warfighters, doubled company participation in projects and introduced 70 new vendors to the Department […]
Petrolern, a green energy technology company, has received a $1.15 million grant from the Department of Energy to advance earth stress estimation technology. Failure to create reasonable accurate earth stress models can lead to wellbore failure, poor performance of reservoirs, induced siesmicity, cap-rock integrity issues, the inability to monitor fluid movement and inappropriate well placement, […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration are taking a “federated approach” when moving data to the cloud, according to the agencies’ respective chief data officers. ICE CDO Ken Clark said his agency accounts for all aspects of policy issues, technology and security management across all product lines when working with cloud-bound data, […]
The General Services Administration’s Office of Government-wide Policy is set to release federal guidance on single sign-on, cloud identities and a digital identity risk management process. Ken Myers, a chief identity, credential and access management architect at GSA, said the guidance will address agencies’ questions related to infrastructure modernization and remote access for cloud migration, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency plans to launch a series of 60-day cyber-focused sprints to address gaps in cybersecurity. The sprints will have six focus areas: countering ransomware, improving industrial control systems security, protecting transportation and pipeline systems data, enhancing election security, building international partnerships on cybersecurity and filling in open cybersecurity roles in the […]
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has opposed statements by lawmakers urging the president to quickly nominate a national cyber director. The national cyber director role was created with the enactment of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. The role will advise the president on how to coordinate defensive […]
The Federal Communications Commission has shared a proposal aimed at improving access to spectrum that the space industry needs for rocket launches. Despite the recent successes in the sector, the regulatory framework that space launches rely on is outdated, FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a press release. “With today’s proposal the U.S. is […]
HawkEye 360 has announced that its Cluster 2 satellites have achieved initial operating capability. Cluster 2 consists of three satellites whose designs succeed those of the Cluster 1 or “Pathfinder” satellites. The Cluster 2 satellites have redundant systems, increased computing for on-board data processing, a dedicated GNSS antenna for monitoring interference, enhanced geolocation accuracy, wider […]
Johannes Scholtes serves as the chairman and chief strategy officer of ZyLAB, a provider of high-frequency e-discovery services for corporations, law firms and government agencies. ZyLAB also provides support related to regulatory requests, mergers and acquisitions, contract recovery and review, the Freedom of Information Act, investigations and audits, according to the company’s LinkedIn profile. Scholtes […]
Mike Gamson serves as the CEO of Relativity, an Illinois-based company that develops e-discovery and compliance software for law firms and the Department of Justice. The company’s RelativityOne and Relativity Trace software-as-a-service platforms were designed to manage large volumes of data and identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations and compliance operations. Gamson has more […]
