The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that one of its teams has acquired two sets of gloves that allow its wearer to manipulate objects in virtual reality. The Augmented Reality/VR One Team within the Engineer Research and Development Center‘s Information Technology Laboratory acquired the systems after recognizing a need for a virtual training capability […]
Keysight Technologies, a maker of electronics testing equipment, said it has been cleared to develop 6G technologies using frequency bands between 95 GHz and 3 THz. The company said it was granted the first Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Horizons experimental license for sub-THz 6G. The license will accelerate the development of technologies used in data-intensive […]
The Technology Modernization Fund Board has loaned funding to the Postal Regulatory Commission and the Selective Service System. Authorized under the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017, the TMF provides loans to agencies seeking to finance information technology-related projects. Projects must be approved by the TMF Board, a team of government IT leaders with expertise […]
Competitive intelligence is a tool that companies can use to understand trends in their industry and what strategies they must adopt to remain competitive. Businesses armed with competitive intelligence are better at identifying opportunities and investing resources in the areas that matter most, according to an article that ArchIntel posted. Competitive intelligence is also highly […]
Bob Kolasky, a former official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will join risk management company Exiger as senior vice president for critical infrastructure. Kolasky, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, most recently served as an assistant director at CISA and led the agency’s National Risk Management Center. The NRMC was […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has committed to sharing cyber incident reports with the FBI and Department of Justice in a timely manner. The statement came after the Senate unanimously voted to pass a bill requiring critical infrastructure organizations to immediately report breaches to CISA but not to the FBI and DOJ, ZDNet reported. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs can do a better job in future efforts to roll out information technology systems as part of its electronic health records modernization, a top official at the agency said. VA Chief Information Officer Kurl DelBene said the department should specifically take better stock of what IT products are ready to […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will modify its zero trust maturity model to better align it with the agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, an official said. CISA launched the CDM program in 2012 to provide cybersecurity tools, services and dashboards to government agencies seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity posture and streamline regulatory compliance, […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is seeking sources of technologies that may be useful for first responders. S&T issued a request for information ahead of the scheduled Urban Operational Experimentation 2022 in New York City in the summer, where first responders may experiment with emerging technologies that can improve their effectiveness […]
The Internal Revenue Service has created a new office to improve taxpayers’ experience in working with the agency. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said the new Taxpayer Experience Office will work to improve experiences agency-wide and in all aspects of taxpayer transactions. “It’s critical that we work going forward to equip the IRS to be a […]
