Multipurpose Biometric Access Cards for the DoJ, Better Weather Forecasting for the Navy, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:

The Department of Justice is developing biometric smartcards that will provide access to buildings, cloud databases, and mobile applications without a password. More here.
The Office of Naval Research is pursuing several projects to improve weather forecasting through next-generation weather models. More here.
LinkedIn is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the attack that resulted in 6.5 million stolen passwords. More here.
The Department of Defense is looking to buy passive radio frequency identification tags, readers and software to track the movement and location of supplies. More here.
The North American Electric Reliability Corp and electric utilities want the Department of Homeland Security to issue more security clearances to executives for cybersecurity information sharing. More here.
The Department of Energy is investigating allegedly hostile attempts by private firms to access its website when market-moving economic data are released to the public. More here.
The Navy Bureau of Medicine is working on obtaining a Wi-Fi based Real-Time Locations System to track medical equipment in its hospitals and clinics worldwide. More here.
Former top military and intelligence officials are calling on the Senate to pass cybersecurity legislation that protects critical infrastructure. More here.

This post by AlexOlesker was first published at CTOvision.com.