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Remember 5G? Pentagon backs 6G hub tied to Army Research Lab
“The DoD has a vital interest in advancing 5G-to-NextG wireless technologies and concept demonstrations,” said Sumit Roy, the IB5G program director.
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Lessons learned from the pandemic in modernizing public health systems
Agency leaders from Ventura County, California, and Winnebago, Illinois, spoke about how they transformed their technology infrastructure and processes to handle COVID-19 and how they plan to replicate and scale these changes to impact service delivery beyond pandemic-related needs.
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VA’s $16 billion health records overhaul may be scrapped if fixes aren’t made
Reports of patient harm and cost overruns have threatened to derail the 10-year effort.
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Mission Possible: Securing remote access for classified networks
The Federal government understands the significance of remote access on meeting mission objectives now and in the future. Agency leaders are looking to the private sector for technology that helps them maintain the highest security levels while meeting the ease-of-access demands of today’s worker – and can be implemented quickly.
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VA’s $16 billion medical records overhaul could triple in cost
A planned deployment of the system to sites in Idaho this weekend has been delayed in response to lingering problems.
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As US struggles to fill cyber defense jobs, Australia works to keep talent at home
Australia's artificial intelligence industry leaders point to a gap in the defense workforce at July 20 summit.
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How one Navy reservist’s bright idea could make mobilizing easier
An app invented by reserve Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Calhoun will allow reservists to fill out their mobilization paperwork on their phone.
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Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure approved in $840 billion defense bill
“In the nearly 22 years that I’ve served in Congress, we have come a long way in cyberspace,” said Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
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Troops’ use of TikTok may be national security threat, FCC commissioner says
A U.S. regulator says troops' and families' use of TikTok on personal devices could pose a national security threat.
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Leaders must ensure that federal agencies are data-ready
Are agencies ready to support a workforce fully armed with data, or could they experience too much of a good thing?
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UN stresses strategic communications to combat disinformation ‘weapon of war’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the council that the world in which peacekeepers operate "is more hazardous today than any time in recent memory," with geopolitical tensions reverberating locally and conflicts "more complex and multi-layered."
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Oracle faces huge challenge in salvaging Cerner contract with VA
Cerner has been struggling with the VA, which oversees the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system, on a massive data implementation contract. Oracle now owns the problem - literally- and more is at stake than transforming healthcare as the companies touted in a scripted presentation last month.
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Equitable outcomes require understanding of ‘Social Drivers of Health’
With the recent emphasis on digital modernization throughout the government, it is paramount that industry partners empower federal healthcare agencies to improve lives and communities by bridging the technology gap to make IT an enabler of equitable healthcare, not an obstacle to operations.
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National Guardsmen may soon use personal electronics in deployments
“Bring Your Own Approved Device” initiative would allow guardsmen to use personal mobile equipment to perform the same functions in the field that they would otherwise carry out at a desktop in their offices.
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Six proven steps to Zero Trust
Agency leaders are working to adopt the mindset of trust nothing and verify everything to prioritize the transformation of legacy systems.
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The multi-cloud multiverse: How the Pentagon can achieve AI success
Many government agencies are overcoming these challenges using technologies such as data virtualization to implement a logical data fabric approach capable of ensuring trusted data access and sharing.
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US must prepare for proliferation of cyber warfare
To build cyber resilience in this heightened threat environment, agencies must work closely with both international counterparts and industry to align on a proactive, global approach to all cyber threats –– not just state-sponsored attacks.
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What the Cyber Workforce bill means for federal IT professionals
President Biden signed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act into law, offering agencies a practical solution to the cyber staffing crisis—if they act proactively.
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Government analysis of facial recognition tech must extend beyond privacy
A key question for agencies and policymakers when it comes to verifying identities for tax and benefits services is…what technology alternatives exist to not only protect citizens but also combat the benefits and refund fraud that has exploded during the pandemic?
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Demilitarize civilian cyber defense, and you’ll gain deterrence
By constantly flexing the military’s cyber muscles to defend the homeland from inbound criminal cyber activity, the public demand for a broad federal response to illegal cyber activity is satisfied. Still, over time, the potential adversary will understand our military’s offensive cyber operations’ tactics, techniques and procedures.
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Cyberattacks increasingly hobble pandemic-weary US schools
Public school systems – which often have limited budgets and cybersecurity expertise -- have become an inviting target for ransomware gangs.
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Most federal agencies still aren’t meeting cybersecurity targets
A Jan. 11 Government Accountability Office report found that as of fiscal year 2020 federal civilian agencies were inconsistent in implementing cybersecurity policies and practices.
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Online survey finds hacking to be the number one concern of government IT workers
Public sector survey respondents no longer believe insiders are the greatest threat.
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House panel rejects JEDI contract oversight proposal
The House Armed Services Committee Democrats on Wednesday defeated a Republican proposal to share details with Congress about the Pentagon’s cancelled $10 billion cloud computing contract.
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Attack on VA computer systems exposed personal information of about 46,000 veterans
Officials said they have shut down an system used for outside medical payments until a full investigation is completed.
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Would the White House consider a national cyber director?
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission wants a national cyber director in the White House. Would the White House be open to it?
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