The Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, the service’s primary research and development organization, has named Charneta Samms as its first permanent chief technology officer. DEVCOM is a major component of the Army Futures Command, the organization in charge of assessing the service’s future technology needs and driving the development of modernization solutions. Samms will take […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking information on how digital technologies can transform community-oriented health care and promote health equity. OSTP said it is particularly interested in hearing about community-based health and populations traditionally underserved by health care. The request for information is part of an initiative to leverage innovation […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Office of Central Processing is seeking machine learning solutions to translate weather forecasts into Spanish and other languages. Currently, NOAA manually translates announcements from the National Hurricane Center Atlantic into Spanish through the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office San Juan, according to a request for information posted on […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has advised defense contractors not to hold off on pursuing CMMC accreditation once audits become available. CMMC-AB CEO Matthew Travis said that companies should seek certification even before it becomes a requirement in defense contracts, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. “You can think of a lot of different […]
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission, a government body that was established in 2019 and expired in mid-December 2021, plans to continue its national security work as a nonprofit organization. Rep. Mike Gallagher, co-chair of the CSC, told reporters that he is “cautiously optimistic” that “Solarium 2.0” will make progress in 2022, FCW reported. “All the low-hanging […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting information on methods and techniques for deploying a micro-segmented zero trust architecture. Zero trust is a modern cybersecurity model that functions on the assumption that a breach is inevitable and has likely already occurred. The architecture attempts to address the weakness by dynamically limiting user access to only what […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned manufacturing organizations that they are more likely to be targeted by hackers during the pandemic. In a new CISA Insights report, the agency said that critical industrial control systems in the sector are especially vulnerable due to their increasing shift to remote-based management. The industry’s reaction to […]
The Air University‘s Air Force Culture and Language Center has launched two new online courses designed to teach airmen and guardians about the culture of the United States’ strategic competitors. AFCLC is now offering the Introduction to China and Introduction to Russia culture courses on its Culture Guide mobile app. Students who complete a course […]
Lorie Collins DuBasky serves as vice president of federal systems at Assyst, an information technology company that specializes in simplifying business processes. According to its website, Assyst offers services in cloud computing, cybersecurity, program management, health IT, configuration management, defense IT, data analytics and enterprise applications. The company’s federal customer base includes the National Institutes […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and a group of researchers from several universities have proposed an architectural design for future 6G networks. NIST said that key 6G technologies are expected to become available in 2023, with networks emerging in 2030. 6G will likely unlock data rates more than a hundred times faster than […]
