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White House Working Group, With Help From Private Sector, Responding To Microsoft Hack

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

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White House Working Group, With Help From Private Sector, Responding To Microsoft Hack

The White House on Wednesday said a new interagency working group stood up in response to compromise earlier this month of a widely used Microsoft [MSFT] software product includes private sector participation and worked with the software giant to get a fix out to users, particularly small businesses. The Cyber Unified Coordinating Group (UCG) leadership met on Monday at the direction of the National Security Council (NSC) to coordinate response efforts to the attack on the Microsoft Exchange Server software…

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]

Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass and send a second reconciliation bill to his desk by June 1. The deadline follows congressional Republicans’ backing a pursuit […]

Space

Upgrading Current GPS Ground System “Now a Viable Option,” As GPS OCX Problems Continue, Space Official Says

Upgrades to the GPS ground system–the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP)–is an option under consideration by the Defense Department’s space acquisition chief, as problems continue in fielding the GPS Next Generation […]