The U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Procurement Executive is poised to make major policy changes in a bid to efficiently and effectively meet current and future mission support challenges. The agency is transitioning to a new strategic framework, an official close to the program said. Senior procurement executive Mike Derrios told Homeland Security […]
Three collaborative projects led by five universities will receive a combined $15.1 million in funding from the Department of Energy. According to the DOE, the efforts are aimed at advancing the development of a “flexible, multi-tiered” data and computational infrastructure to support a collection of on-demand scientific data processing tasks and computationally intensive simulations. The […]
The Department of Labor has established a team of agency officials and industry experts to identify what needs to be done in order to achieve zero trust. The creation of the public-private sector team was necessary to keep up with the tight deadlines imposed by President Joe Biden in his recent cybersecurity executive order, according […]
The National Archives and Records Administration, a federal agency responsible for preserving historically valuable records, has released a draft of its plan to make digital records more accessible to the public. The draft version of NARA’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan outlines the changes that the agency believes it needs to make before it can fully embrace […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the first revision to its flagship cyber resiliency guidance with updated controls and a single threat taxonomy. A product of the institute’s Systems Security Engineering initiative, the guidance reflects the latest cyber resiliency implementation approaches for engineers to address known hacker tactics laid out in the […]
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have introduced a bill that would form a new federal task force to develop a coordinated plan to explore how a digital content provenance standard could help reduce the spread of deepfakes. The National Deepfake and Digital Provenance Task Force would draw insights from public, […]
The Department of Energy has earmarked $34 million for 11 projects aimed at advancing feedstocks that can be used to decarbonize the transportation sector. DOE explained that municipal solid waste streams and algae can produce biomass resources such as biofuels, biopower and bioproducts. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the researchers will work on technology […]
The Department of Homeland Security has released a strategic plan on how it will pursue artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. DHS said the 18-page document was developed by its Science and Technology Directorate. The plan highlights the inherent risks of advancing AI technologies and what can be done about them. “This actionable plan lays […]
Ur Jaddou, President Joe Biden’s pick as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has received Senate confirmation to serve in the role. On July 30, 47 Democratic senators voted in favor of Jaddou, while 34 Republicans opposed her nomination. The decision did not include the votes of 19 senators, who were not present […]
The Department of Energy plans to expand its CyberForce collegiate training program to focus more on industrial control systems and operational technology. Amanda Joyce, CyberForce program director, said DOE is as qualified as large tech companies in providing hands-on cybersecurity training in real-world scenarios, FedScoop reported. Industrial control systems are integrated hardware and software designed […]
