By Lauren C. Williams
Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command commander at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Armando Schwier-Morales)
The U.S. Space Force is focusing on building its cadre of coders amid a workforce boom with more interested applicants than available positions, according to the branch s chief of space operations. We ve got more people knocking on our door wanting to become a part of the space force than we have positions; we can be very selective of who we bring in, Gen. John Raymond said during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on June 8.
The accrediting body overseeing the Defense Department s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program announced the debut of the first organization authorized to assess defense contractors.
The Department of Homeland Security has failed to address critical vulnerabilities across information technology assets due to significant delays in the department s rollout of a federal Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Although the American Federation of Government Employees praised the move, the union says it is still going to press for legislation to move TSA employees into Title 5.