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Quantum Cryptography Challenges and Opportunities for Federal Agencies

FedTech Magazine

In 2016, the National Institute of Standards and Technology asked experts to develop quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms algorithms that could be standardized for use in protecting sensitive government information. Five years later, in July 2022, the top four candidates were announced.

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Webinar event: The SBA and DoD Mentor-Protégé Programs, December 3, 2024, hosted by Kansas APEX Accelerators

SmallGovCon

Touted as a game-changer when it was first introduced in 2016, the U.S. Please join us on December 3, 2024, 9:30-11:30am CST for this webinar event. Small Business Administration’s All Small Mentor-Protege Program isn’t new anymore.

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2016 Denver Government Contracts Briefing

Government Contracts Advisor

May 10, 2016 08:00 AM – 05:00 PM MDT Denver, CO United States Please join us for the 2016 Denver Government […]

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The Perils of Piggybacking

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

I was interviewed by and quoted in The Wall Street Journal on March 7, 2016 about some of the questionable practices that have been used by various public agencies across the country in piggybacking off of contracts for the purchase of police body cameras. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2016 by Michael E.

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Advancements & Adjustments in the GE Appliances Supply Chain

Art of Procurement

GE Appliances is a subsidiary of Haier Smart Home, a Shanghai-based company that purchased them from GE in 2016. The post Advancements & Adjustments in the GE Appliances Supply Chain appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Case study: Investigating suspected fraud with opentender.net

Open Contracting Partnership

Their search of the e-procurement database brought up records related to the faith-based community center development project and construction work dating back to 2016. In 2016, the local government issued a continued construction tender with an estimated price of Rp. The contract signing was carried out in mid-2016.

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Pick Out Threats in Federal Networks With IP Packet Capture

FedTech Magazine

Federal government cybersecurity breaches rose by 453 percent between fiscal years 2016 and 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office. To combat and overcome these threats, federal IT administrators can use IP packet capture to examine network traffic for security threats using Microsoft Network Monitor (Netmon).