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NSF’s cybersecurity Scholarship-for-Service program would expand under Senate bill
Bipartisan legislation advancing in the Senate would expand a National Science Foundation scholarship program that funds cybersecurity education for students who commit to government service after they obtain their degree.
2016 in review: Capitol Hill’s big year in tech legislation
The MEGABYTE Act, U.S.-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016 and the BOTS Act all became law this year.
NSF to dole out $76M in cybersecurity research grants
The $76 million in research grants is aimed at “human-centered” security for the Internet of Things and computer chips that prove their own trustworthiness, among other projects.
Agencies unveil 3-D map of Alaska as part of Arctic initiative
The portal is part of a White House project to improve coordination of national efforts in the northernmost climes of the globe.
DHS asks for help designing the cyber testbed of the future
The Department of Homeland Security is asking for suggestions from vendors about a new cybersecurity laboratory it wants to set up called the Cyber Experimentation for the Future, or CEF, Testbed.
Audit: Reporting requirements for grant money are too burdensome
More can be done to make it easier to fill out paperwork for federally-funded university research, a government watchdog report has found. It is still too complicated to comply with reporting requirements for federally-funded research, university representatives said in interviews with the Government Accountability Office auditors.