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DHS cybersecurity hiring initiative results in a trickle of new workers

A much ballyhooed hiring DHS cybersecurity hiring initaitive has resulted in only four new hires since 2021, Despite the underwhelming performance, DHS officials hope to make 150 offers to candidates by the end of September. Cybersecurity Talent Management System officials have focused on higher pay, a streamlined application process, and aptitude over credentials to woo candidates,  .
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USPS plans to close hundreds of post offices, facilities in consolidation initiative.

USPS officials have listed more than 200 post offices and othe facilities, starting this year, as it seeks to consolidate operations into large facilities, FCW reports. Through this initiative, more letter carriers would travel longer distances to pick up their daily mail loads to deliver.
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ICYMI Snippets:

• Secret Service returns $286M in fraudulently obtained pandemic relief loans to SBA from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program on Friday.
• Federal appeals court on Friday partially lifts ban on federal contractor vaccination mandate.
• This can’t be good: less than half of recent college graduates would consider federal employment.

Top Defense & Aerospace

ICYMI Snippets

• Call the captain! Navy establishes chain of command for fires and other emergencies that occur while ships are in port.
• NASA selects business consultancy Guardians of Honor for a five-year contract worth up to $292 million for STEM support, through which the company will develop educational material and conduct outreach.

Defense Contract Awards

• SAIC wins $163M Navy contract to support naval enterprise networks
• SecuriGence (a small business) won a $10.6M task mod for IT multi-network support services with DARPA.

Follow the Defense Leaders

• Joseph Larson joins DOD as Deputy CDAO.

Follow the Defense Job Openings

• Army is looking for a Director, Software Engineering Center.

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Top Intel Community

In a jam, Army tests aerial electronic warfare toolkit.

Under increased pressure to improve its capabilities by events on the grounds in Ukraine, the Army demonstrated an aerial jammer to improve its electronic warfare capabilities last week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
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Coolest acronym ever: Vampire.

You betta watch out, Vladimir Putin! In last week’s Pentagon announced $3B package of aid for Ukraine, Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) system is a portable kit that can be installed on most vehicles with a cargo bed for launching the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System or other laser-guided munitions. Meanwhile, L3Harris announces plans to field the first VAMPIRE system within nine months.
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ICMY Snippets

• A year after the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, Long War Journal Editor Bill Roggio, a terrorism analyst, argues that al Queda is in a stronger position as a long term threat to the U.S. than it was before 9/11, while Islamic State is a more immediate threat.

Intel Contracts Awards

• Three companies, Altamira Technolgoies, Centauri, Inc., and Radiance Technologies, nab $280 million contract modification awards to provide  Advanced Technical Exploitation Program II support for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) research and development.

Follow the Intel Leaders

• Tom Kellermann joins Contrast Security cyber strategy as SVP.

Follow the Intel Job Openings

• ONCD is looking for a lead for US defensive cyber planning and operations.

Top Civilian

NIH RFP for support for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR).

The NIH released an RFP for Central Support to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) portfolio of clinical studies in the areas of Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs, IT systems and programming support of the CCR’s databases, multi-institute studies support for QA/QC and CCR’s databases utilized by the outside sites, and patient registration.
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DHS considers cybersecurity self-assessments for contractors.

Finally, some streamlining comes to fruition. Eschewing DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program’s approach, DHS officials are considering self-assessments for contractor cybersecurity, as opposed to third party assessments, which carry with them more of a burden, a top DHS officials said last week.
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ICMY Snippets

• Peace Corps volunteers return to work at 48 countries, after pandemic-driven pause two years ago, when there were volunteers in 64 nations.
• At the agency’s ProTech 2.0 Industry Day, NOAA officials release updated information on the procurement.

Civilian Contracts Awards

• DOE announces more than $540 million awarded to the department and affiliated national laboratories to encourage award winners to develop low-carbon energy solutions.

Follow the Civilian Leaders

• Sev1Tech announced Hector Collazo as the company’s next chief technology officer.

Follow the Civilian Job Openings

• The VA is looking for a Deputy Director for the Insurance Service.

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OpenText expanding through acquisition with a $6B Micro Focus deal.

OpenText agrees to acquire Micro Focus in a deal valued at around $6 billion, with an equity value of around $2.1 billion. The companies calculated that the per-share price offered represents a 98.3% premium to the closing price of Micro Focus before the deal was announced. Micro Focus, which is neither micro nor focused, has run into hard times in recent years, with declining revenue every year since 2018. Further, its stock price has dropped over 44% this year and more than 89% for the prior five years. This morning, it traded at just $3.15 per share on U.S. markets, leaving it vulnerable to a takeover.
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Sigma7 acquires threat intelligence data and software provider
Intelligence Fusion.

Sigma7 has acquired Intelligence Fusion, a Durham UK-based data and software solutions business whose transformative technology provides intelligence-community grade, client-specific, security and threat information. Sigma7 is a portfolio company of Growth Catalyst Partners. Intelligence Fusion was acquired from The Finance Durham Fund, which is administered by Maven Capital Partners. The transaction terms were not disclosed.
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