U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two Iranian nationals for their involvement in an attempt to influence American voters during the 2020 presidential elections. Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Mousa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian were slapped with multiple charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud and transmission of interstate threats. Officials said the two individuals obtained confidential voter information from […]
The Department of Homeland Security has been cleared to begin building its Cybersecurity Service following the approval of necessary policy changes. The DHS will start hiring new cyber specialists for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with the goal of onboarding the initial 150 new hires in 2022. According to DHS officials, the first cohort […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened bidding on a contract that aims to establish a new information technology infrastructure and modernize the department’s software systems and business processes. First announced by the department’s chief information officer in August, the agency revealed plans to implement new cloud-based platforms that can deliver IT-as-a-service and provide quick […]
The Department of the Treasury has formed a bilateral partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Finance to protect critical financial infrastructure and combat ransomware threats. The partnership, which was announced on Sunday, is part of a task force between Washington and Jerusalem that focuses on financial technology innovation and cybersecurity. Through the partnership, Israel and the […]
The United States and United Kingdom’s newly formed partnership on quantum information science should focus on addressing the emerging technology’s threat to national security, an industry executive said. On Nov. 4, the two nations released a joint statement outlining their priorities in quantum information science, which is expected to unlock exponentially more powerful computers and […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Reston, Virginia-based Leidos a potential five-year, $76 million prime contract to continue supporting the Office of Child Support Enforcement. The contractor will provide operations and maintenance, continued system development and enhancement, data center operations and disaster recovery center development. Work will support the OCSE’s Federal Parent […]
The Department of Energy‘s spending data on USASpending .gov, the official open data source for federal spending, might be off by at least $34 billion, the agency’s auditor said. DOE’s Office of the Inspector General attributed the discrepancy to 15 procurement actions made years ago with errors that persisted through the first quarter of fiscal […]
Woolpert has secured a spot on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Geospatial Services Contract. The five-year, $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for data acquisition, thematic mapping, high-resolution topographic and bathymetric product generation, photogrammetric mapping, survey and control services, geographic information system services, cadastral mapping and geospatial training, Woolpert said. Dave Stein, a geographer […]
Charles Rettig, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, urged Congress on Thursday to support the Biden administration’s proposed 10-year, $80 billion funding boost for the agency. Rettig wrote in an opinion piece for The Washington Post that the funding boost will help the agency support its clients. He added that the IRS has limited […]
New Jersey-based Anterix announced the National Renewable Energy Laboratory‘s successful completion of Phases I and II of its High Impact project, an accomplishment that validates the performance of the company’s 900 MHz private LTE network for critical grid communications. Both phases of the project tested the performance of private LTE over the 900 MHz spectrum and […]
