New cyber strategy shifts attention to cloud and supply chain security
The strategy’s six pillars include shaping adversary behavior and securing critical infrastructure through enhanced supply chain requirements, writes Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies. In a recent commentary, I outlined five IT security trends that are top of mind for federal cybersecurity experts. That commentary captured the mood at the time—a […]
Too little, too late: GAO dismisses Z SofTech’s SEWP VI protest
The company missed deadlines and filed bare-bone objections in its bid to challenge elimination from the IT competition. The Government Accountability Office found that protests filed by one small business offered objections that were both too little and too late to challenge NASA’s decision to remove them from the SEWP VI competition. Z SofTech Solutions first […]
DOD prioritizes prototyping in $1.4B research contract recompete
Defense Department seeks industry expertise in AI, hypersonics and electronic warfare for emerging technology efforts. The Defense Department is giving industry more detail on what it is looking for through an upcoming recompete of a contract to work with DOD’s lead research and engineering office on emerging tech efforts. Prototyping and experimentation is a priority area […]
Trump’s FY27 budget proposes boosts and cuts to tech operations
Agencies like CISA, NIST and the IRS would see notable reductions in their budgets for next year, while programs at Energy and the VA would get additional financial support. President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget is out. The proposal reflects the Trump administration’s priorities, but will likely change significantly in becoming the eventual federal budget […]
Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?
Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D. Pentagon R&D spending would drop by about one-third under the White House’s 2027 defense-spending proposal—but the impact of that $4.5 billion reduction might be cushioned by the tech industry’s willingness to fund its own research. The proposed drop, which echoes a similar cut in […]