Posts from GovConDaily for 04/20/2016

Amy Hess: FBI Relies on Judicial Authorization Principle to Access Encrypted Electronic Data

Amy Hess, executive assistant director of the FBI‘s science and technology branch, has said the FBI needs access to electronic information to aid in its investigations amid technological changes and evolving national security and criminal threats…

House Subcommittee Looks to Revive F-22 Production

The House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee wants the F-22 fighter jet to return to the production line under a new defense bill proposal, The Hill reported Tuesday. Kristina Wong writes the subcommittee released its proposals for the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act Tuesday that seeks to restart production of the fighter jet after its closure in 2009…

Bob McDonald, Sloan Gibson: VA Works to Transform Veterans Care System

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson have highlighted VA’s ongoing efforts to transform its healthcare system during a meeting with the Commission on Care in Washington, The Christian Science Monitor reported Tuesday…

Lockheed Opens Ottawa Tech R&D, Demo Center; Rosemary Chapdelaine Comments

Lockheed Martin has opened its demonstration center in Ottawa, Canada to help industry and academia in the country collaborate on research-and-development efforts for different types of technologies…

NIST Roadmap Seeks to Help Commerce Department Leverage Analytics for Public Safety Efforts

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has published a report that seeks to help the Commerce Department identify research-and-development opportunities to leverage data analytics for use in public safety communications and response efforts in the next two decades…

Box’s Aaron Levie: Cybersecurity Policies Should Be Aligned With the ‘New Digital World’

Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of cloud storage firm Box, wrote in a column posted Tuesday in The Washington Post that lawmakers should introduce policies on cybersecurity based on the “new digital world…

F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet’s Helmet

The Defense Department’s F-35 joint program office has completed the initial test of a prototype helmet for integration with the Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet, Defense News reported Tuesday. Lara Seligman writes JPO and Lockheed performed the test on a 103-pound mannequin fitted with the Generation III helmet at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico March 31…

NASA Selects Preliminary Winners for Student Launch Challenge, Concludes Rocket Fair Event

NASA has released the list of preliminary winners from this year’s edition of the space agency’s annual Student Launch Challenge which took place April 13 through April 16. The space agency said Tuesday that almost 50 teams of middle school, high school, college and university teams from 22 states participated in the week-long event that sought to evaluate competitors’ aerospace and engineering skills…

Ash Carter, Middle East Defense Chiefs Talk Defense Ties

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates armed forces, have discussed the bilateral defense relationship between the two countries, DoD News reported Tuesday…