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Homeland Security

CISA Needs To Improve Quality Of Cyber Threat Information Being Shared, Hire More Staff, IG Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

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The Department of Homeland Security has made progress in its cyber threat information sharing requirements set forth by law but it needs to improve the quality of the information it shares through an automated portal for it to be more effective in reducing security risks, the department’s watchdog agency says in a new report. The information sharing portal, authorized as part of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, is the Automated Information Sharing (AIS) program, and it allows federal, state and…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]