The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act would NIST to best practices for device security. The Office of Management and Budget would create guidance for agencies to meet or exceed those standards.
Oracle and Mythics win a bid protest at the Library of Congress while AT&T comes out on top in its complaint against SSA. Both protests show the agencies made basic mistakes in evaluating bids on large-dollar solicitations.
Only a little more than a third of the R&D expenses the Pentagon reimburses contractors for each year match up with the department's own modernization priorities, the Government Accountability Office says.
Federal contractors have sensed a certain sluggishness in the government's pace of awarding contracts during the pandemic. Now, a review of this phenomenon finds it's more pronounced in the intelligence community.
Judy Conley and Jessica McElman, of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, are both finalists for the Women in Technology leadership award for their efforts to ensure their employees don’t get stuck in a rut.
The National Governors Association is putting out reports and workshops to help states get more defense dollars.
The Defense Department just took another step toward its goal of modernizing its acquisition system.
It doesn't matter how big the Navy's fleet is on paper if ships and submarines spend too much time in maintenance and repair docks.