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The “AI Cyber Challenge” announced today will be a two-year effort with involvement from leading companies Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.
Three organizations representing tech and software companies banded together to make sure Congress hears their concerns about the acquisition process.
“Cross domain solutions” have long been a critical piece of securing those networks, with the technology serving as a sort of gatekeeper to keep out malware and other threats. But with agencies increasingly adopting cloud services for even classified data, the nature of the “cross-domain solutions” is evolving, too, according to John Meyer, vice president and general manager of software ventures at Arcfield.
Buy-American and not-buy-from-China rules have raised concerns from contractors. Meanwhile the FTC proposes new rules on contractor mergers that look practically unworkable.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department needs to do more to avoid recruiting criminals or political extremists.
The proposed House and Senate NDAA bills have language to create new oversight and accountability for defense contractors.
Protests of agency solicitations or contract awards draw protests about two thousand times every year. It's no fun for either side. But there are things the government can do in crafting an acquisition to lower the chances of a protest.
When Congress left for recess this month, it left lots of Defense Department questions up in the air. When it returns in September, it will have just a few short weeks before the end of the federal fiscal year.
When Congress abolished the role of chief management officer, it left a void that the Defense Management Institute is trying to help fill.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is warning that troop readiness and retention is at risk as the Army’s chief recently stepped down, leaving the military’s two ground combat forces without Senate-confirmed leaders for the first time in history. Austin said Friday that the Senate’s failure to confirm the services’ new leaders is disruptive to the force and could impact relationships with allies and partners around the globe. The confirmation of the next Army chief and Marine commandant are among more than 300 nominations that are stalled by a Republican senator over the Pentagon’s policy to pay for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get reproductive care.
A new cyber workforce strategy outlines four goals aimed at changing the way the DoD manages and trains cyber workers.
New lawsuits claim that the U.S. Defense Department and the Department of Veteran Affairs are making it difficult and sometimes impossible for veterans to get infertility treatments. Multiple lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in New York and Boston seeking to hold the United States accountable for creating obstacles to health care access for a population that advocates say has a higher rate of infertility than the population at large. The lawsuits seek to obtain in vitro fertilization coverage for military service members and veterans who don't fit the Veterans Affairs definition of infertility as pertaining solely to married, heterosexual couples.
Industry wants to expand 5G services, but first it needs the government to resume auctioning off bandwidth.
The Coast Guard is famous for its field units up-and-down the coasts. They're the ones who launch search-and-rescue missions when fishing boats capsize or canoes drift into shipping lanes. But the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has found the field units often don't have emergency food and water for themselves.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.