The University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory will help the Department of Homeland Security develop testing criteria for digital contact tracing applications. UW-APL will also help the directorate explore policy considerations for the use of DCT apps, some of which pose privacy and civil liberty concerns, according to DHS. Work will be done under the […]
Rep. Mike Rogers, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the Space Force is making progress in its establishment of an acquisition office as directed by Congress. Rogers said the Space Force has recruited space procurement veteran Ellen Pawlikowski to help establish the acquisition office, SpaceNews reported Monday. Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general […]
The FBI has reported an increase in the number of business email compromise attacks targeted at state, local, tribal and territorial government entities. From 2018 through 2020, cybercriminals increasingly targeted victims using spoofed emails, phishing attacks, compromised vendor accounts and credential harvesting for financial gain, the FBI said in a Private Industry Notification report. The […]
The Biden administration will soon roll out new security standards for its information technology vendors, according to a senior cybersecurity official. Brandon Wales, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, hinted at provisions related to software development standards, particularly for products likely to have increased privileges inside networks, Nextgov reported Tuesday. According to Wales, […]
Jeff Miller serves as the vice president of capture at AbleVets, a Cerner company that specializes in health information technology engineering and consulting. AbleVets is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business. The company said it provides cybersecurity, agile engineering, data and analytics and technology enablement services to federal and commercial customers. As vice president, Miller […]
Dawn Halfaker is the founder, president and CEO of Halfaker and Associates, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that specializes in software engineering and information technology. Halfaker and Associates was established in 2006 to provide IT solutions to government organizations on matters of national and global significance. The company said it delivers digital services, data analytics, […]
The Department of Defense must clarify the individual roles of its components involved in the development of hypersonic weapons, the Government Accountability Office said in a report. GAO said DOD has 70 lines of hypersonics research effort across its enterprise. The projects cost nearly $15 billion from fiscal years 2015 through 2024, GAO said. Most […]
The federal government has deemed it a moral obligation to provide more economic opportunities to veterans disadvantaged by a disability. Through certain provisions under the Small Business Act of 1951, the government is mandated to set aside 3 percent of its federal contracting dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses each year. Service-disabled veterans are also […]
Carahsoft has announced that it will serve as the public sector distributor for Area 1 Security, a provider of email security services. Area 1’s anti-phishing solutions and managed email security services will be made available through NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuaPoint and New Jersey School Boards Association […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has posted a request for information for operations and maintenance support services. Work will support Homeland Security Investigations’ Division 4 Unit 4 Automation and Modernization program, ICE said in an RFI posted on SAM .gov. HSI serves as the principal investigative arm of DHS and […]
