Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 04/14/2016

White House Unveils 10 Members of Natl Cybersecurity Commission

President Barack Obama has appointed 10 executives with public, private and academic sector backgrounds to serve as members of a commission tasked to identify ways for the U.S. to build up its cybersecurity posture, the White House said Wednesday…

Tony Scott: White House to Name Federal Chief Info Security Officer by Mid-May

U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott said at a Passcode-hosted event Tuesday the White House could appoint a federal chief information officer within the next 30 days, The Christian Science Monitor reported Wednesday…

Rep. James Bridenstine Proposes New Bill to Manage Space Traffic, Orbital Debris

Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Okla.) has unveiled a bill aimed to help the Defense Department establish a distributed system of small satellites and focus on the procurement of Earth observation data and other services from commercial providers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday…

House, Senate Appropriators Include EHR Spending Restriction in $4.2B Veterans Affairs IT Package

Both appropriations panels of the House and Senate have approved $4.2 billion in funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs but places some restrictions on spending for the VA’s electronic health record modernization effort, FCW reported Wednesday…

WWT, HPE to Collaborate on DISA Enterprise Storage Services II Contract; Joe Ayers Comments

World Wide Technology will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to provide on-demand data storage support for enterprise environments of the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential six-year, $427 million contract…

David Stoudt Joins Booz Allen as Senior Executive Adviser, Directed Energy Fellow

David Stoudt, formerly senior technologist for directed energy at the U.S. Navy, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a senior executive adviser and fellow for the company’s directed energy program. In his new role, Stoudt will focus on providing thought leadership in engineering, science and C4ISR, Booz Allen said Wednesday…

DHS Licenses Cyber Tool to RhinoCorps Under Transition to Practice Program; Mike Pozmantier Comments

The Department of Homeland Security has licensed a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-built cyber risk assessment platform for commercial use. DHS’ science and technology directorate handed the Physical and Cyber Risk Analysis Tool to New Mexico-based vulnerability analysis tool developer RhinoCorps as part of the Transition to Practice program of the directorate’s cybersecurity division, DHS said Wednesday…

DHS, NASA Form Crowdsourcing Tech Competition Partnership; Reginald Brothers Comments

The Department of Homeland Security and NASA have formed a partnership to jointly hold crowdsourcing-based prize competitions as part of both agencies’ efforts to help develop new technologies. DHS said Wednesday its science and technology directorate will work with NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation to solicit homeland security research and development ideas from the private sector under the prize program…

Eric Dishman Named Director of NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program

The National Institutes of Health has appointed Eric Dishman as the new director for a national research program that seeks to build up precision medicine efforts. Dishman, formerly a vice president at Intel and a fellow at its health and life sciences group, brings nearly 20 years of experience to the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, NIH Director Francis Collins said in a statement published Monday…

Dell Updates SonicWall Mobile OS; Patrick Sweeney Comments

Dell‘s security unit has updated its operating system that works to provide SSL virtual private network access to applications, data and resources for remote workers who use mobile devices. The new SonicWall Secure Mobile Access version looks to help industry and government clients secure their networks across all data type, device and remote worker location, Dell said Wednesday…

SAP, White House to Collaborate on Computer Science, STEM Education Program

SAP will collaborate with the White House on an initiative that seeks to help K-12 students develop skills in the field of business and computer science. The company will award $2.4 million in grants to nonprofit institutions to help promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science education to at least 700,000 K-12 students under the Computer Science for All program, SAP said Wednesday…