The Office of the Inspector General within the General Services Administration has conducted an investigation into the Login.gov identity authentication platform and found that the GSA misrepresented the digital identity service to make it appear that Login .gov employs a higher privacy protection level. Other government agencies use Login .gov under contracts with the GSA […]
NASA has partnered with the Department of Energy to develop an instrument that would study the moon’s radio environment and what scientists refer to as the cosmic dark age. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night pathfinder will be placed on the dark side of the moon via the Commercial Lunar Payload Service and use its antennas […]
The Environmental Protection Agency will provide drinking water filtration operators with resources to assess the cyber posture of the water purification systems and better protect underlying hardware and software from cyberattacks. According to a new EPA memorandum, the agency is requiring states to periodically evaluate the digital networks of the systems as part of an […]
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued a warning against the Royal ransomware that may pose a threat to organizations. According to a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Royal ransomware has been used in several high-profile incidents that impacted hospitals, health care, communications, education and manufacturing organizations within and outside the United […]
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has published a request for information on the Federal Register calling for higher education institutions to share how to equip students for quantum information science work. Colleges and universities are invited to answer questions on current learning programs, relevant needs and whether skills should be taught to students […]
The Washington, D.C.-based data encryption provider Virtru will contribute to a data-centric security initiative of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a National Institute of Standards and Technology component aimed at addressing private-sector cyber challenges by bringing together commercial, academic, and government organizations. According to a press release, data-centric security is meant to facilitate data […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Leidos multiple contracts worth approximately $102 million in total for organizational support services. One of the awards is a potential five-year, $79 million prime contract for operations management, managed services delivery and application workloads. Work under the contract will include onboarding, migration planning, modernization support and […]
The Office of Management and Budget will lead the creation of a multiyear lifecycle plan for modernizing technologies of federal civilian executive branch agencies under a new White House National Cybersecurity Strategy. According to the document, the plan will prioritize eliminating legacy systems that hinder the implementation of the OMB’s zero trust architecture strategy, which […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity for semiconductor-related manufacturing capabilities. The CHIPS for America program is an avenue for interested entities to secure funding for the construction, expansion or modernization of commercial semiconductor production facilities. The funding program will cover leading-edge, current generation and mature-node […]
The Department of the Interior has awarded Intermap Technologies a task order to procure terrain data that will support studies aimed at classifying hazards that water storage areas, including dams, lakes and reservoirs, pose to human life and property. The first award under a potential $450,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract requires the delivery of terrain data covering […]
