TSA to Seek Comments on Requiring Pipeline, Rail Operators to Hire Third-Party Cybersecurity Assessors

The Transportation Security Administration will solicit input from the transportation industry about its plan to maximize the use of third-party assessors to ensure the compliance of critical pipeline and rail operators with its planned cybersecurity regulations. According to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, comments should include the benefits or challenges that operators would face […]
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Multiple Projects to Receive $100M in Department of Energy SCALEUP Funding

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has revealed eight private-sector projects that will receive $100 million in investments under the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential program, which is intended to aid in scaling and commercializing clean power technologies assessed as marketable. According to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, achieving the Biden administration’s […]
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Privacy Expert Warns Against Use of LexisNexis Risk Solutions for Login.gov

The General Services Administration is looking for feedback on its implementation of LexisNexis Risk Solutions fraud prevention and identity verification measures on Login .gov, a unified authentication service for government websites. The agency is accepting comments on a notice posted to the Federal Register until Dec. 21. Jake Wiener, a law fellow specializing in domestic […]
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Small Business Administration Awards BPA to Navancio for SaaS Program Development

The Small Business Administration has awarded Navancio a five-year, $23 million blanket purchase agreement for the development of a software-as-a-service program intended to automate and simplify processes, increasing productivity. The work falls under the Office of Disaster Assistance’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which is meant to modernize Salesforce capabilities, Navancio said Monday. SVOG was […]
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NTIA Calling for Policies That Would Disincentivize Commercial Data Exploitation

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has recommended that companies have limitations in harvesting and selling online user data. NTIA was responding to the Federal Trade Commission‘s request for advice on developing an online privacy network. The NTIA submitted a document that discussed how data is collected from online users and outlines the issues data […]
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NIH Launches Website for Anonymous Reporting of Self-Administered COVID-19 Test Results

The National Institutes of Health has launched a new website that will allow the public to anonymously report positive or negative results of self-administered COVID-19 tests. MakeMyTestCount.org was developed through NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostic technology program with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Rapid test kits are now widely used […]
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FireHUD Wins Phase 1 OTA Deal From DHS for Wearable Health Sensor

FireHUD has won a $200,000 Phase 1 other transaction authority award from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate for the development of a rugged armband meant to protect against injuries to first responders and industrial workers by collecting physiological information to address health issues. S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program solicited FireHUD’s services […]
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DHS S&T Issues Presolicitation for Research on Seven Subject Areas

The Small Business Innovation Research Program at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has issued a presolicitation notice detailing seven topics for research and development work. Interested parties are permitted to review and ask questions about the subject areas, which cover emerging cybersecurity tools and processes such as real-time cyberattack detection, air […]
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