Category: government
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DIA Director appointed new Deputy Commander for U.S. Cyber Command
PENTAGON — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced that one of the president’s general officer assignment nominations on 19 JUNE 2017 is Marine Corps Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart for appointment […]
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Tech Association announces Earth Day Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. (bdpatoday.com) — BDPA of Greater Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC), an information and communications technology (ICT) local trade association, announces an Earth Day themed technology and cyber career summit for […]
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Microsoft Inks $927M Pentagon Deal
FORT MEADE, MD [Nasdaq]—Under a new contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Microsoft will provide new consulting services that include software developers and product teams “to leverage a […]
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TECH & The Trump Presidency
Markets think a ‘Trillion-dollar’ technology and infrastructure stimulus may be imminent WASHINGTON (bdpatoday)—President-elect Trump’s victory signaled widespread uncertainty and discontent surrounding economic opportunities, something which CNBC states several technology executives recently suggested […]
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Congress confirms Carla Hayden as 14th Librarian of Congress
First woman and first African American to head Library of Congress WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s nominee for Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, by […]
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Privacy vs. Security – Tech Giants and Feds Weigh In
Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Back Apple in Court Fight Over Encryption SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RE/Code reports some of Apple’s fiercest technology rivals have sided with the Cupertino company in […]
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Congress enacts permanent ban on State and Local Internet Taxes
Commerce, Retail, and points-of-sale: On-line vs. Brick-and-Mortar by Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. Journal of Accountancy WASHINGTON—Congress on Thursday passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, H.R. 644, which […]
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The Federal Government is hiring Innovation Specialists
So you want to join 18F? Mission 18F is a civic consultancy for the government, inside the government, working with agencies to rapidly deploy tools and services that are easy […]
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Cleaning up major public and private hacks, NSA’s IAD at Crossroads
FORT MEADE, MD—For nearly a decade, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) has been focused upon weaknesses in industrial control systems (ICS) such as the (supervisory control […]
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Kids @ Play and Family Tech Summit
CES Family Tech Summit addresses safety and education LAS VEGAS, NV—Antigone Davis is Head of Global Safety at Facebook, where she works with internal teams at Facebook and with external […]