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The Buzz with ACT-IAC
ACT-IAC News Briefing - July 2021
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This week, the Buzz presents a quick breakdown of some of the top stories from world of Federal IT, as well as some updates on upcoming events and opportunities from ACT-IAC.
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Sources for this episode's news stories:
JEDI Contract Cancellation
- https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/article/2682992/future-of-the-joint-enterprise-defense-infrastructure-cloud-contract/
- https://federalnewsnetwork.com/dod-reporters-notebook-jared-serbu/2020/12/dod-microsoft-ask-court-to-dismiss-amazons-political-bias-claims-in-jedi-case/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/defense-department-jedi-information-paper-jan-28/825ec1c1-fa9d-449d-a63f-ba3bfc2384ed/?itid=lk_inline_manual_31
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/technology/amazon-jedi-pentagon-contract-microsoft.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/technology/JEDI-contract-cancelled.html
Ransomware Attacks and Federal Response
- https://www.meritalk.com/articles/critical-infrastructure-special-report/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/meat-plant-cyberattack-jbs.html
- https://www.npr.org/2021/07/03/1012849198/ransomware-cyber-attack-revil-attack-huntress-labs
- https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-government-launches-first-one-stop-ransomware-resource-stopransomwaregov
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