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Like the sword of Damocles, the cybersecurity maturity model certification program … known has C-M-M-C … has been hanging over the heads of defense contractors for several years. Well, it's about to fall and companies doing business with the Defense Department must be ready. Analysis now from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.

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Recurring reports of bad conditions in military barracks prompted one veteran to design and launch and app. Styled afed Yelp, Hots and Cots lets enlisted barracks residents post reviews, reports of mold, bugs or rodents. The founder of Hots and Cots, Rob Evans, joins me now.

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Can artificial intelligence help fight wildfires? That what a project inside Homeland Security seeks to find out. It's known as WIFIRE. Researchers in the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate takes in loads of historical data. It feeds them into a model for guiding on-the-ground firefighters to where a fire might be headed. For more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to program manager Norman Spiecher.

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The Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board is preparing to launch its next big investigation. Trouble is the board itself faces an uncertain future as DHS calls on Congress to permanently authorize the CSRB into law. For the latest, we turn to Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

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The FBI's Cyber Action Team has been in place for nearly 20 years. National concern about cybersecurity didn't start last week or last year, after all. The CAT, as the F-B-I calls it, started because of the attacks on the F-B-I's own systems. For an update on the 65-member CAT, we turn to Unit Chief Scott Ledford.

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A new initiative outlined in a recent Army software modernization memo is about sustainment, about continuous improvement and development. To get there, the army will create a special cadre of contracting experts. For what these new organizations look like Federal News Network's Jason Miller caught up with an advisor for the Army's Digital Capabilities Contracting Center of Excellence, Jamie MacGillis.

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It's taken a generation, but now federal benefits have become available for first responders harmed during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The money was authorized in last year's National Defense Authorization bill. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me as we get details now from attorney Michael Barasch of the law firm Barasch and McGarry.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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SkillBridge … it's the Defense Department name for a program to help service members … mostly enlisted … transition to civilian life. In examining it, the Government Accountability Office found that D-O-D doesn't track program data very well. That means it can't really tell how effective SkillBridge is or how to improve it. We get more now from the G-A-O's director of defense capabilities and management, Kristy Williams.

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