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Pentagon office tracking national security impacts of Silicon Valley Bank collapse
The Defense Department organization tasked with connecting relevant tech companies to private capital says it is “monitoring national security-related impacts” stemming from the prominent startup lender’s demise.
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Top senator says modernizing VA’s EHR 'is not optional'
After leading GOP lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate the deployment of VA’s new electronic health record program, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.—chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee—said upgrading the system “has to be done.”
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NIH’s governmentwide IT acquisition center appoints permanent director
Brian Goodger, who has served as acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center since 2021, will now helm the center in a permanent capacity.
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VA’s initiative to recruit laid off tech workers is paying off, official says
The Veterans Affairs Department's ongoing efforts to recruit high-skilled professionals displaced by layoffs across the tech sector are helping to fill a host of vacancies.
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Lawmakers highlight cyber, new tech and space in proposed spending bill
The $1.7 trillion omnibus introduced by lawmakers on Tuesday would spur on investments in cutting-edge technologies, cyber defense and space during the 2023 fiscal year.
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GDIT wins $84M contract to support traumatic brain injury research
The research and support contract, awarded by the Defense Health Agency, has an eight-month base period with three option years.
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Pentagon on track to award $9 billion cloud contract in December
The Pentagon’s chief information officer said the multi-cloud, multi-vendor JWCC contract will be awarded “in about a month.”
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DOD announces new contract awards for Its 'Internet in Space' effort
Amazon, Microsoft and SpiderOak will help the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit develop a space-based communications network.
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Treasury debuts plan to penalize foreign investment threatening national security
The guidance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States comes as legislators have been increasingly worried about foreign investment in major technology companies.
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Lockheed Martin, Verizon demonstrate capabilities of 5G-enabled drones for DOD
Recent tests showcase how multiple drones can conduct real-time transfers of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data to geolocate military targets.
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DOD needs to modernize its software architecture for next-gen warfare, report says
A paper published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies calls for the U.S. military to modernize legacy warfighting systems in order to prepare for future conflicts.
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Top Republican to 'seriously consider pulling the plug' on VA's new EHR system
The ranking member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year to address deficiencies in the rollout of the new Oracle-Cerner electronic health record system.
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