In October 2020, DOJ announced a policy that permits state and local officers on DOJ Task Forces to wear and activate BWCs when the use of force is possible - while serving arrest warrants, executing other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants. On June 7 2021, based on recommendations from the Department's law enforcement components, the Attorney General directed the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To...

The role of Chief Information Security Officer is important making security is front and center in protecting organizations in a post SolarWinds and Log4j world. As the need to share information between different agencies with both connected and disconnected applications increases, agencies need to think beyond DevSecOps and Zero Trust. Existing approaches to building software and the use of automation need to be reevaluated. The Department of...

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New technologies like Intelligent Automation, Quantum, and Edge Computing are already inspiring digital transformations and new work models, introducing new opportunities, improving customer experience, and providing a competitive edge for both government and industry. Innovation and technology redefined our pandemic work environment with agility and adaptability to better meet and anticipate customer expectations. Technology-enabled innovatio...

Learn how the USCG is transforming and modernizing its fleet and IT infrastructure to better perform its missions. The US Coast Guard (USCG) has been actively pursuing an ambitious technology revolution plan to replace legacy equipment and modernize its cybersecurity and data management capabilities. Sworn to protect the American borders, the Coast Guard focused on empowering their fleet with reliable, mobile, and secure systems. Learn how the...

The Marine Corps Command, Control, Communications and Computers (IC4) enables IT command, control, communication, and computer support across the Marine Corps Information Environment Enterprise (MCIEE) and the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). They are critical to the development of service policies and execute DC I roles for the Title 10 responsibilities to “Man, Train, Equip” the 0600 and 2800 occupational fields, IT governan...

Women Empowering Women Women in today's era, more than previous times, are navigating pathways to more senior management and executive positions, while managing their work and home life, their steps in growth, and their selected roles, especially in fields where women are underrepresented. The second annual Women in Leadership Forum will focus on the techniques and steps of how women in primarily male-dominated organizations or agencies have a...

In conjunction with ACT-IAC, the C-SCRM community is pleased to kickoff of the new C-SCRM Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP). A spin-off of the C-SCRM Cybersecurity Standards Innovation Group (CyberSIG), this new community of practice will focus on matters relating to Cybersecurity in acquisition. Our goal is to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of cyber-acquisitions and Information Communication Tec...

As public sector agencies develop plans for delivering on the objectives of the presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity, we at Lumen know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While agencies expand their cyber protections to combat cyber threats and protect against attacks, their focus should be on taking a holistic approach and not looking at this new directive as simply a set of compliance mandates. The attack surface wi...

A 2019 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article offered an “…analysis of all US military casualties from October 2001 through December 2017 found that survival among the most critically injured casualties increased 3-fold during the course of the conflicts and that 3 key interventions (tourniquets, blood transfusions, and prehospital transport within 60 minutes) were associated with 44% of mortality reduction...