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Cyber

DoT Still Needs To Define Roles And Responsibilities In Responding To Vehicle Cyber Attacks, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 25th, 2016

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DoT Still Needs To Define Roles And Responsibilities In Responding To Vehicle Cyber Attacks, GAO Says

The Department of Transportation (DoT) is taking a number of steps to address cyber security vulnerabilities in automotive vehicles but has yet to define its roles in responsibilities in case there is a cyber attack on a vehicle and how it would work with other federal agencies, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Automakers continue to use be more software code to support more and increasingly complex electronic systems and components, expanding the cyber vulnerabilities of…

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 […]