The Air Force Research Laboratory has deployed Google Cloud’s Google Workspace to a portion of its team of scientists and engineers. Google Workspace is a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools. The initial deployment of Google Workspace improved AFRL’s engagement with its international community of research partners, Google Cloud said Wednesday. Joshua Kennedy, […]
The White House has nominated former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene to serve as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ next assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer. DelBene is credited with playing a key role in improving the HealthCare .gov website, a portal for citizens with health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, […]
The Department of Energy has awarded Rigetti Computing a contract to lead a three-year quantum simulation project for fusion energy. Work on the $3.1 million project will be done in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Southern California, Rigetti said Thursday. Patricia Falcone, deputy director for science and technology at LLNL, […]
President Joe Biden is preparing an executive order that aims to codify the responsibilities of several high-ranking cybersecurity officials in the federal government, according to a top cyber official in the White House. National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said the executive order will address concerns about potential overlaps in responsibilities among the top cyber offices, […]
NASA is scheduled to launch on Nov. 23 its first planetary defense test mission aimed at assessing the agency’s capability to alter an asteroid’s trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test will be conducted on the small moonlet asteroid Dimorphos and its orbital companion asteroid, Didymos, neither of which poses a threat to Earth, NASA said […]
Mike DiFrancisco is the director of the engineering, test and evaluation division of Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation, a university-affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. VT-ARC specializes in conducting tailored analysis, research and engineering work aimed at addressing problems of national and global importance. DiFrancisco’s role is focused on applied research and testing of wireless technologies as […]
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis has reported a decrease in the frequency of Russia-linked cyberattacks since the series of high-profile incidents earlier in 2021. Inglis, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event, said it is still unclear whether or not the decrease was caused by the actions of Russia’s leadership, The Hill reported […]
Lawmakers have proposed legislation seeking to update and codify the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a government-wide regime for assessing the security of cloud-based products and services. The Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act would direct the General Services Administration to automate FedRAMP assessments and continuously monitor cloud-based products and services, FedScoop reported […]
Lockheed Martin and Verizon have partnered to develop military 5G technologies in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. Verizon said it will use its commercial 5G infrastructure to support Lockheed Martin’s 5G .MIL program, which is aimed at combining 5G and tactical gateway capabilities for military communications. Lockheed’s 5G […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to strategically use artificial intelligence to enhance its defensive cyber capabilities. Rear Adm. William Chase III, deputy commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, said that the threat of malware has grown to become “essentially organized crime on an international scale,” Nextgov reported Monday. The agency […]
