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Trump Signs Bill Establishing Federal IT Supply Chain Council, DHS Bug Bounty Program

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019

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Trump Signs Bill Establishing Federal IT Supply Chain Council, DHS Bug Bounty Program

President Trump signed a legislative package Dec. 21 aimed at improving federal agencies’ cyber security risks, including establishing an inter-agency council to set IT supply chain standards and setting up the Department of Homeland Security’s first bug bounty program. The new bill requires agencies to select representatives for the new Federal Acquisition Security Council, to be led by a senior Office of Management and Budget official, before May and directs the DHS secretary to finalize plans for the department’s ethical…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]