COVID-19
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CongressSenate’s Proposed Relief Bill Covers $29 Billion For Defense, Including $19 Billion To Assist Industry
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s proposed $306 billion pandemic relief package, released Monday, includes $29 billion for defense of which $19 billion would be used to assist the industrial base. “With […]
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COVID-19Cyber Security Efforts Lag Move To Federal Multi-Cloud Adoption, Survey Says
Most federal agencies are adopting computing environments with multiple cloud networks in response to changing telework and mission needs due to COVID-19 and less than half say they are adopting […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters, Site See Jump in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
The Department of Energy confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 among the staff of its Washington, D.C., area headquarters, including someone who was at the office recently, in a statement […]
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COVID-19Accuracy Of Face Recognition Technology Declines With Masked Faces, Study Says
The accuracy of face recognition algorithms used on photos of people that have been altered with a digitally created mask declines even with the best commercial algorithms used in one-to-one […]
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CongressWhite House, Senate GOP’s Relief Package Proposal Includes $11 Billion For Defense Industry’s COVID Claims, Press Report Says
The White House and Senate Republicans are calling for the next COVID-19 relief package to cover $21.3 billion for defense, including $11 billion for industry’s pandemic-related claims, according to a […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Delivers Strong Second Quarter, Raises Outlook
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday posted double-digit percentage gains to its top and bottom lines in the second quarter driven by strong operating results across its business segments and the […]
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COVID-19COVID-19 Cases At NNSA Up By 26 As Y-12 Worker Dies
An employee at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee died last week from COVID-19, as confirmed cases of the disease across the Department of Energy’s active nulcear-weapons complex again […]
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COVID-19U.S., U.K., Canada Say Russian Intelligence Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Development
The U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom on Thursday issued a joint advisory warning that a Russian cyber espionage group that is likely part of the country’s intelligence apparatus is […]
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CongressDefense Industry Urges Congress To Provide Emergency Funds For DoD In Next COVID Response Bill
The Aerospace Industry Association and executives from 80 defense companies have signed a letter urging congressional leadership to provide the Pentagon with supplemental funding to help the department pay billions […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters Not Going Back to Normal Anytime Soon
With COVID-19 cases on the rise nationwide and Washington, D.C.-area school systems wondering whether they’ll reopen for in-person classes in the fall, the Department of Energy will no longer require […]