Cybersecurity
Vendors: Don’t step back from FLASH
An unusual letter from would-be winners of DHS' cancelled FLASH contract encouraged the agency to move forward with other innovative procurement efforts.
Cybersecurity
NPPD reorg bill moves on to full House
A bill that would restructure the Department of Homeland Security's cyber and infrastructure protection operations passed out of committee with ease.
Cybersecurity
ICS-CERT analyzing grid-crippling malware
ICS-CERT is teasing out signatures of a new family of malware to help identify code that targets critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Tech and wall are inseparable, border security managers say
A physical wall isn't effective without integrated technology and agents who have access to real-time data.
People
Former GSA FAS execs start consulting firm
Two top managers from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service have launched their own consultancy after settling with the agency over a whistleblowing complaint.
Modernization
Navy makes old signals new again
A new project will bring a 200-year-old seaborne communications technology into the current digital ocean.
Digital Government
DOE breaks ground for neutrino experiment
The Energy Department is collaborating with international experts to build an underground facility to study the elusive neutrino.
People
CBP hopes job app will smooth hiring
Customs and Border Protection is banking that a re-engineered hiring processes and a new mobile app will help the agency recruit new agents and support personnel.
Cybersecurity
DOE-developed network monitoring tech licensed for commercial use
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's software solution that listens for suspicious network packets will be sold by Atlanta-based zSofTech Solutions.
Modernization
More opt-ins, more questions for FirstNet
Five states have said they will use the nationwide broadband network for first responders, but costs still concern states weighing whether to join.
Digital Government
Special forces testing new anti-drone systems
The Navy unit that oversees SEAL teams is set to test a system that can find and jam an increasing number of weaponized consumer-market drone aircraft.
Cybersecurity
DHS authorization could give acquisition a boost
The DHS authorization bill making its way through the House would help the agency make more progress sorting out its acquisition processes, a Capitol Hill oversight committee official said.
Cybersecurity
CERT warns of Cisco WebEx vulnerability
Cisco has updated its conferencing tool because of the newly discovered bug.
Cybersecurity
House Dems say voter data request poses serious cybersecurity concerns
Demanding that the Kris Kobach resign from the White House's election integrity commission, the legislators warn the request for state voter data could run afoul of the president’s cybersecurity executive order.
Cybersecurity
ICS-CERT assessments on the rise
More onsite cybersecurity assessments are being conducted by federal response teams for critical infrastructure providers.
Cybersecurity
McCaskill wants answers on immigration IT
The ranking Democrat on the Senate on Homeland Security committee wants to see acquisition and decision documentation as well as alternatives for the beleaguered DHS immigration processing system dubbed ELIS.
Cybersecurity
House bill provides $1.6B for border wall
The House DHS appropriations bill funds border wall construction at $1.6 billion, with more than $200 million in supporting tech.
Modernization
$50B telecom award due in late July
GSA says it is still on track to award its $50 billion EIS telecommunications contract at the end of the month.
Acquisition
Is GSA getting too political?
Some Hill Democrats are pushing back on a decision to make the Federal Acquisition Service chief a political appointee.
Cybersecurity