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How to drive collaboration among federal agency software developers

Many government organizations are missing out on the benefits of purpose-built collaboration

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Advanced analytics key to fighting unemployment insurance fraud

The Labor Dept. inspector general estimates that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the unemployment insurance program during the pandemic.

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US Army chief information officer will depart in coming weeks

CIO Raj Iyer announced his departure Jan. 4 on LinkedIn, noting his job was "complete."

Data breaches, led by USPS, OPM, cost governments $26 billion

All told, breaches cost government entities around $26 billion.

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Pentagon, intelligence community eye cloud collaboration

The Department of Defense will work closely with the intelligence community as it establishes its cloud infrastructure.

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How the ‘Rad Lab’ helped avert nuclear war

Technology built in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory changed history.

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Geospatial-intelligence agency to expand capacity amid ‘data deluge’

The added resiliency and higher bandwidth will allow the agency to share intelligence more quickly, particularly in disconnected regions.

5 weeks ago

Congress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices

Rule applies to the executive branch — with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research — and doesn't appear to cover Congress itself.

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Congress boosts Pentagon budget, Ukraine spending in omnibus

The Pentagon will receive a $69.3 billion budget increase over FY 22 on top of another $27.9 in emergency funding to support Ukraine.

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The Cyber National Mission Force officially became the Department of Defense’s newest subordinate unified command during a ceremony at U.S. Cyber Command headquarters on Dec. 19, 2022.

Election-defending Cyber National Mission Force elevated by Pentagon

The force has been integral to the command’s work to secure U.S. elections, including the midterms this year.

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IT report card gives many federal CFO agencies a ‘C’ for management

Where many agencies struggled was in their transition away from legacy telecommunications contracts.

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Invictus wins contract to update DIA’s top-secret intranet

The agency had declined to disclose the winning contractor. The value of the deal is classified.

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Cloud-friendly Air Force has eyes on Pentagon’s JWCC contract

CTO Jay Bonci said U.S. defense leaders "have to think about cloud as being a part of a resilience baseline."

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This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows the test-firing of a missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

US military creates space unit in South Korea amid North Korea threats

U.S. Space Forces Korea is a subordinate of a bigger U.S. Space Force unit established within the Indo-Pacific command.

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Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital must win over Silicon Valley

The U.S. is doubling down on industrial goals, aiming to increase its role in the national security ecosystem and diminish that of its competitors.

6 weeks ago

Predictive maintenance works. Why isn’t the military using it more?

Officials estimate those initiatives have saved hundreds of millions of dollars, increased vehicle availability and cut time at work.

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A medical laboratory technician examines a slide under a microscope inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Medical Center, April, 28, 2021.

Google wanted exclusive dibs on a priceless trove of military tissue samples. A dozen DoD officials raised ethical, legal concerns.

Google has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ medical data.

7 weeks ago

Pentagon, private sector must partner to fight new era of cyberattacks

Over the past six months, there have been 10,666 ransomware variants identified, almost twice the total in the previous six months.

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Indo-Pacific could serve as model for combatant command info sharing

Within the INDOPACOM region, military exercises have served as proof of concepts for new ways of sharing data and information across different scenarios.

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About 2,000 independent pharmacies coming back to Tricare

Other pharmacies still have time to rejoin Tricare network, but reimbursement rates are lower in the coming year.

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The digital revolution is changing everything, including the federal government. Stay up to date on how IT is changing the face of government.

Many government organizations are missing out on the benefits of purpose-built collaboration

The Labor Dept. inspector general estimates that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the unemployment insurance program during the pandemic.

CIO Raj Iyer announced his departure Jan. 4 on LinkedIn, noting his job was "complete."

All told, breaches cost government entities around $26 billion.

The Department of Defense will work closely with the intelligence community as it establishes its cloud infrastructure.

Technology built in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory changed history.

The added resiliency and higher bandwidth will allow the agency to share intelligence more quickly, particularly in disconnected regions.

Rule applies to the executive branch — with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research — and doesn't appear to cover Congress itself.

The Pentagon will receive a $69.3 billion budget increase over FY 22 on top of another $27.9 in emergency funding to support Ukraine.

The force has been integral to the command’s work to secure U.S. elections, including the midterms this year.

Where many agencies struggled was in their transition away from legacy telecommunications contracts.

The agency had declined to disclose the winning contractor. The value of the deal is classified.

CTO Jay Bonci said U.S. defense leaders "have to think about cloud as being a part of a resilience baseline."

U.S. Space Forces Korea is a subordinate of a bigger U.S. Space Force unit established within the Indo-Pacific command.

The U.S. is doubling down on industrial goals, aiming to increase its role in the national security ecosystem and diminish that of its competitors.

Officials estimate those initiatives have saved hundreds of millions of dollars, increased vehicle availability and cut time at work.

Google has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ medical data.

Over the past six months, there have been 10,666 ransomware variants identified, almost twice the total in the previous six months.

Within the INDOPACOM region, military exercises have served as proof of concepts for new ways of sharing data and information across different scenarios.

Other pharmacies still have time to rejoin Tricare network, but reimbursement rates are lower in the coming year.