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Democrats in both chambers on Thursday introduced legislation that would grant $1 million for a National Science Foundation-led probe into how online disinformation and misinformation…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory wants to move to managed threat detection and response services, according to the lab’s top cybersecurity official. Kevin Kerr, Chief Information…
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on—with more than 7 million cases and 200,000 dead Americans as of September 25—the federal government is looking for a…
COVID-19 has created unprecedented and sometimes extremely challenging problems for government agencies and defense industrial base companies, especially when it comes to financial distress that…
Nearly two years since President Donald Trump signed the bill requiring federal agencies to install chief data officers, how to carve out a well-defined perch…
The FBI’s new strategy to establish costs for entities perpetrating cyberattacks will include supplying intelligence to the Department of Defense and related intelligence agencies to…
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how most of the millions of federal employees and contractors perform their work, and it has forced alterations to…
With sights set on enticing and retaining top tech personnel—and invigorating its spot within the nation’s broader research, development and innovation-pushing landscape—the Central Intelligence Agency…
Customs and Border Protection agency networks were not compromised in a 2019 contractor breach that resulted in the theft of images of travelers faces and…
Kathy Lueders had just sent two men into space on a private spacecraft — an extraordinary accomplishment nearly a decade in the making — when…
The Treasury Department is turning to blockchain in a six-month project that ultimately intends to streamline agencies’ financial processes—and re-imagine how the government does business.…
Just days before the Aug. 3 scheduled start of school, officials at the Athens Independent School District in East Texas received a shock. Cybercriminals had…
Based on a Google Trends analysis, psychologists have discovered a major jump in searches related to anxiety, panic attacks, and treatments for panic attacks. The…
The Senate may be reaching a tipping point on the need to pass comprehensive federal data privacy legislation, but ironing out the details relating to…
The State Department erred by not consulting with other agencies in developing plans for a new bureau of cyberspace security and emerging technologies, the Government…
As federal departments make big moves to transform—and often digitize or otherwise virtualize—their telecommunications capabilities, program leaders are urging agency officials to keep their landlords…
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence invited small- and medium-sized AI-focused firms to share their thoughts on how the government should work with industry…
Some troops in the U.S. military are wearing a watch and ring kit that can alert them and their command if they’re going to get…
When one thinks about the most technologically advanced smart cities in the United States, images of New York, Chicago and maybe Los Angeles come to…