Congress
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CyberDoD Studying Congressional Mandate For New Cyber Office As Nominee Awaits
The Department of Defense has contracted out a study to examine how a congressionally-directed office for cyberspace should be structured and a nominee to head the new office is unlikely […]
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CyberDISA Begins Pilot Effort To Harden Perimeter Of DoD Information Network
As the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) prepares to take over securing the boundary of the Defense Department’s information networks, it has begun a pilot project to test a commercial […]
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CyberCyber Command’s Hunt Forward Operations Popular With Partner Nations, Nakasone Says
Cyber operations that U.S. forces conduct at the behest of international partners nations to help them defend their information networks and better understand the cyber threats they face have been […]
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Homeland SecuritySen. Murkowski Concerned That Polar Security Cutter Program In Major ‘Trouble’
Talk in government about the Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker has turned silent and the fact that that the company contracted to build the polar security cutter (PSC) was […]
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ArmyArmy Eyeing Readiness Impacts of Artillery Ammunition Supplies to Ukraine
U.S Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff Gen. James McConnville are keeping tabs on possible readiness impacts of the continued supply of U.S. artillery ammunition, including 155mm rounds […]
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Homeland SecurityFunding Request For Checkpoint CT Would Delay Build Out Until 2042, Pekoske Says
It will take nearly two decades to complete deployments of next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners under the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2024 funding request for the systems, which so far have […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLabor Shortage Outlasts COVID, Delays Nuclear-Weapons Infrastructure, NNSA Administrator Says
A labor shortage initially blamed on COVID-19, but which has outlasted the nationwide response to the pandemic, hamstrung construction of new nuclear weapons factories and forced a construction triage at […]
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BudgetAustin Rejects Mandate For Unfunded Priorities Lists
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said he would support removing a congressional authorization that requires senior military leaders to annually provide Congress with their unfunded priorities lists (UPLs) and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLawmakers Look Into Advanced Energetics for Munitions
Last month, the Energetics Technology Center (ETC) briefed 15 House members on its proposal to revitalize and revolutionize energetics for the U.S. military, including a ramp-up of production and use […]
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Nuclear ModernizationToo Few Employees Contributed to Delays in Y-12 Uranium Processing Facility
There are at least 500 too few employees at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., which has contributed to a cost increase and schedule slip for the […]