COVID-19
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Business/FinancialBoeing Begins Involuntary Layoffs, with Minimal Impact to Defense Sector
Boeing [BA] is sending involuntary layoff notifications to over 6,700 U.S. employees as the company plans to lower its total headcount by 10 percent due to the impact of the […]
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COVID-19Random COVID-19 Tests Mandatory at Nuke Weapons Lab
Random tests for COVID-19 infection are now mandatory for personnel reporting to work at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to a recent note […]
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CongressHouse Members Ask Congressional Leadership To Boost Support For State And Local IT
A bipartisan contingent of House members last week sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting their support for funding in future COVID-19 relief legislation for state and local governments to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCommission Calls For Greater Support During Pandemic To Smaller Firms Working On AI Capabilities
A new report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence calls on the U.S. to provide greater support during the pandemic to small and medium-sized companies working on critical […]
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COVID-19Pandemic Heightens Importance Of Certain National Critical Infrastructures, Krebs Says
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has more clearly revealed the significance of some critical infrastructures to the nation than previously thought, prompting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to take […]
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COVID-19Respirators for COVID-19 Protection Will Cost NNSA More Than it Bargained For
It’s a good-news, bad-news week, regarding the 225,000 Chinese-made personal respirators the National Nuclear Security Administration ordered to protect employees and contractors from COVID-19. Good news, they’re still coming. Bad […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin to Slow F-35 Deliveries Due to COVID-19-Related Supplier Delays
Lockheed Martin [LMT] revealed May 19 that it is slowing production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in a move that could impact up to 25 aircraft, as a “proactive” […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEnergy Dept. Publishes Return-to-Work Guidelines
The Department of Energy late Monday published the framework that its employees and support services contractors will use to plan their return to federal sites and offices during the continuing […]
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COVID-19Navy Explains NavalX Successes And COVID Work
Navy officials have been able to use the NavalX Tech Bridges to help produce equipment to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and explained both initial successes and how they measure […]
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COVID-19FBI, DHS Warn Of Chinese Cyber Hacking Against U.S. COVID-19 Research
China is using cyber means to target and compromise U.S. organizations involved in healthcare research related to countering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and could pose a threat to the U.S. […]