Tag: USA

What Google’s New Cloud Security Authorizations Mean for Its Government Customers (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Google achieved two new public-sector authorizations that insiders say will prove instrumental in their work helping the government modernize its information technology, security and...
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CISA Orders Agencies to Patch Hundreds of Vulnerabilities Under Attack (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is pursuing a new strategy to guide agencies’ management of vulnerabilities with a binding operational directive that prioritizes their patching operations. “With...
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How to Help Mars Robots With Their Missions (John Breeden II, Nextgov)

This weekend I spent quite a bit of time helping Mars rovers learn how to avoid various mission-killing traps like the large rock fields...
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Building a Cloud-Savvy Workforce May Mean Rethinking Degree Requirements (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

The challenge of finding qualified IT professionals to work for the federal government is well known. Most often the difficulty is attributed to lower...
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China Likely to Have ‘At Least’ 1,000 Nukes by 2030, Pentagon Estimates (Tara Copp, Defense One)

A new report says China’s nuclear arsenal is likely to be far bigger than the Pentagon predicted last year—the latest sign of what Joint...
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US envoy to visit Ethiopia in effort to de-escalate ‘dire’ civil conflict (Joseph Choi, The Hill)

A U.S. special envoy will travel to Ethiopia this week as concerns about the violence in the eastern African country's Tigray region grow. Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S....
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‘We need to be much clearer’: leading Democrat questions US strategy on defending Taiwan (Helen Davidson, The Guardian)

Adam Schiff, the US chair of the influential House intelligence committee, has called for the US to be less ambiguous about its defence plans...
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China expanding nuclear arsenal faster than expected: Pentagon report (Jordan Williams, The Hill)

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than expected as it seeks to build global influence, the Pentagon said in a report released Wednesday. The report...
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Botched drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul was not a result of criminal negligence, Pentagon says (Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe and Karoun...

A U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians as the Afghanistan war came to its chaotic end was not the result of...
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National Reconnaissance Office wants satellite imagery from commercial providers (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The National Reconnaissance Office is turning to industry for more satellite imagery, issuing a Nov. 3 request for proposals that could see contracts awarded...
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US Army awards Boeing, General Atomics contract to develop powerful laser weapon (Jen Judson, Defense News)

The U.S. Army has awarded a Boeing and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems team a contract to develop a 300-kilowatt solid-state laser weapon, according to an Oct....
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US Air Force tests cross-country data sharing across three Flag exercises (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

For the first time, the Air Force last week carried out three major test flag events at three separate locations simultaneously to see how...
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Marine Corps will use AI to revamp recruiting and retention models (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Marine Corps needs a different kind of Marine to succeed in a future fight: older and more cognitively mature, cross-trained to juggle...
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Senate committee advances Biden nominee for Middle East policy (Adam Lucente, Al Monitor)

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations confirmed a Biden administration nominee for a top Middle East policy post on Wednesday. The nomination of Barbara...
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Intel: US sees role for Sudan’s military in government if coup reversed (Al Monitor)

Sudan’s generals have “hijacked” the country’s pro-democracy revolution, but it’s not too late to reverse course, the top US envoy for the Horn of...
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Iran wants guarantee that US won’t quit nuclear deal again (Al Monitor)

Efforts to salvage the landmark nuclear agreement won't succeed unless the United States provides guarantees that it won’t renege on the deal, the secretary...
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