Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds, the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for information, will offer a briefing sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership on March 18, 2020, at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland Building 2 in California, MD.

DoD will begin requiring all companies seeking any type of military contract be cyber-compliant beginning with the Requests for Proposals issued in September 2020. DoD’s chief information security office is setting up routes to assist contractors achieve compliance as well as helping an industry-designed nonprofit establish itself as the certification agency issuing compliance certifications.

Maryland has named and convened a Housing Advisory Committee to drive the creation of the state’s first-ever needs assessment of affordable housing. The assessment was called for during the 2018 Maryland legislative session. Draft findings are due in June.