US Cyber Czar: World Not Ready for Cyber Treaty
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The world isn’t ready for a cyber-treaty, says the US State Department’s cyber czar, reports The Hill.
Huge cost overruns at a new Denver VA hospital will now pull infrastructure improvements from VA hospitals across the nation, reports Pilot OnLine.
Increasing Iranian naval aggression in the Strait of Hormuz now involves at least two US flagged ships and has drawn a US Navy maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft into the region, reports CNN. The latest encounter, a cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces, reports the crew is safe, but the Iranians remain aboard, says Military.com
A congresswoman’s attempt to move more than half of $1 billion budgeted for more F-35s, into National Guard and Reserves equipment, failed on a voice vote, but sparked personal jibes on the House floor, reports The Hill.
ManTech financed a $34 million cash buy of Welkin, a systems engineering and national security technology contractor, reports Washington Business Journal.
A weaker than expected US economic report will delay the Federal Reserve’s anticipated rate hike at least another quarter, reports Reuters.
Messenger, NASA’s Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, is out of fuel and expected to crash into Mercury between 3:25 and 3:30 pm, today, ending its 11-year mission, reports Fox News. Unlike Messenger’s planned crash, an unmanned Russian spacecraft is spinning out of control and expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a few days, its intended cargo drop at the International Space Station abandoned, reports CNN.
