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Charles Cooper, associate administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Office of Spectrum Management, said the agency is initiating technical studies of spectrum bands as part of its efforts to implement the National Spectrum Strategy. NTIA is working to streamline the process for federal agencies to obtain funding from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for their studies of the lower 3 GHz and the 7/8 GHz bands. “We expect that more than 10 federal agencies will seek funding, and our hope is this streamlined process will make the application process easier and quicker for these agencies,” Cooper said. Participating agencies The post NTIA’s Charles Cooper Provides Updates on National Spectrum Strategy Implementation first appeared on Executive Gov.
Naval Supply Systems Command has released a new version of its Naval Sustainment System-Supply, or NSS-Supply, framework focused on improving fleet outcomes and strengthening NAVSUP’s fleet readiness support initiatives, DVIDS reported Wednesday. The NSS-Supply 2.0 framework shifts to a readiness calculation from a monetized-value calculation to assess the Surface Warfare community’s progress in reaching their fleet readiness goals. NAVSUP focuses on the three categories of the Navy’s fleet readiness goals — subsurface, surface and aviation. NSS-Supply is a multi-year Navy-wide initiative aimed at transforming the end-to-end supply chain and sustaining the naval fleet’s mission needs. The effort utilizes an Agile The post NAVSUP Releases New Naval Sustainment System-Supply Framework to Improve Fleet Readiness first appeared on Executive Gov.
The Department of Commerce has proposed to provide Micron Technology with approximately $6.14 billion in funding through the CHIPS and Science Act to help the company expand its dynamic random-access memory — or DRAM — chip production in New York and Idaho. The department said Thursday the proposed funding under a nonbinding preliminary memorandum of terms signed with Micron would support the construction of two DRAM fabs in New York and another facility in Idaho. The plan would support Micron’s plans to onshore about 40 percent of its DRAM chip production in the next 20 years. “With this proposed investment, The post Commerce Department Proposes $6B in Funding to Back Micron’s Domestic Memory Chip Production; Gina Raimondo Quoted first appeared on Executive Gov.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency completed 1,754 notifications to critical infrastructure organizations in calendar year 2023 through its Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot program. Launched in March 2023, the RVWP program seeks to help federal government, state and local agencies and critical infrastructure organizations mitigate vulnerabilities and protect their networks and systems from ransomware attacks through notifications, CISA said Thursday. Of those more than 1,700 notifications, CISA found that 852 resulted in patching of vulnerable devices, implementation of a compensating control and actions to take those devices offline after receiving notifications. CISA has called on organizations to adopt its Cyber The post CISA Helps Critical Infrastructure Organizations Prevent Ransomware Attacks Through Pilot Program first appeared on Executive Gov.
Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, director of the Defense Logistics Agency, highlighted the importance of data within DLA and the need for industry partners to address the data acumen of their workforce. “Data is the most decisive commodity we manage, and DLA’s role within the DoD is unique when it comes to delivering and connecting logistics data,” Simerly said during his keynote speech at a conference on Wednesday. “Our responsibility to effectively employ data to drive decisions and achieve advantages depends on the data acumen of our workforce and the leaders who support them,” he added. Simerly told conference attendees The post DLA Chief Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly on Importance of Data Acumen, Need to Promote Small Businesses first appeared on Executive Gov.
The U.S. Army has launched a new program to modernize the service branch’s efforts to develop, integrate and field software capabilities to capture electronic health data of soldiers worldwide. The Operational Medicine Information Systems-Army, or OMIS-A, will replace the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program, which has provided operational health information technology products to the Army since 1999. “Over the past 20-plus years, the MC4 team not only rose to the challenges in software development, fielding and product sustainment, but it showed resilience and transformed to meet Army needs,” said Col. Matthew Paul, project manager for Integrated Personnel and The post Army Unveils New Electronic Health Data Capture Software Modernization Program first appeared on Executive Gov.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Hawaii next week to meet with defense leaders from Australia, Japan and the Philippines as part of ongoing efforts to bolster the United States’ defense and security relationship with the three countries, the Pentagon said Friday. Learn more about how the U.S. is engaging with allies and international partners at the first-ever GovCon International Summit hosted by the Potomac Officers Club on Oct. 10, 2024. Hear insights from defense experts, industry leaders and government decision-makers in a collaborative environment. Register here. Secretary Austin, a previous Wash100 Award recipient, will meet individually with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister The post Lloyd Austin to Meet With Australian, Japanese, Philippine Counterparts Next Week first appeared on Executive Gov.
MITRE has incorporated the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification into Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework Navigator, a tool that works to help engineers in their decision-making process when designing cyber-resilient capabilities. Launched in 2023, CREF Navigator visually represents the various elements of National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-160 Volume 2 Revision 1, which MITRE said Thursday it had helped develop in collaboration with NIST. With the incorporation of CMMC, the tool shows the relationship of NIST SP 800-160 Volume 2 (Rev 1) to NIST SP 800-171 and the elements of NIST SP 800-172 aligned with CMMC, The post MITRE Updates Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework Navigator to Align With CMMC first appeared on Executive Gov.
The Small Business Administration Office of Investment and Innovation seeks to determine the availability of contractors that can provide a variety of services in support of the Regional Innovation Clusters, or RICs, initiative, which seeks to establish networks of organizations that work to support small businesses, enabling them to grow and become competitive. The required services cover the building of cluster networks, the management and oversight of RICs, the delivery of small business support and the development of reports, according to a sources sought notice posted Monday on SAM.gov. The government expects to conduct a competition for the requirement that The post SBA Seeks Contractors for Initiative to Establish Regional Clusters to Support Small Businesses first appeared on Executive Gov.
A new contract management office called Radars and Sensors was created by the Defense Contract Management Agency to centralize all contract management and surveillance efforts related to a class of systems. DCMA Radars and Sensors, as a systems command, will help ensure agency work is in line with military service requirements by consolidating contractor oversight activities of six disestablished offices, DCMA reported Wednesday. DCMA Director Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello, who attended the standup ceremony at agency headquarters April 17, sees the new office as an ideal opportunity as it is a broad technology portfolio. “This is a good thing. We’re The post DCMA Stands Up Radars & Sensors Contract Management Office first appeared on Executive Gov.
