SpaceX has taken a step forward in its efforts to conduct a third flight of its Starship rocket, Ars Technica reported on Wednesday. During a static fire test carried out in South Texas,
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told chiefs of defense from central and south Asia that the U.S. is “in this for the long haul.” He reiterated Defense Secretary
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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano has called for a reassessment of SBInet, the virtual border fence program. SBInet is an $8 billion electronic surveillance system, first contracted by Boeing in September 2006. According
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With the Obama Administration placing a high priority on the goal of transparency in the federal government these days, blogging has become a dynamic, useful tool for agency officials to communicate thoughts,
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The Office of Personnel Management has taken steps to improve the federal government’s job engine USAJOBS.gov, making changes to increase ease and efficiency. “USAJOBS is a great example of a hugely successful
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The OMB has announced an across-the-board, top-line hard spending freeze in the federal budget. Pell grants will be unaffected, as will job creation measures before congress for fiscal 2010 because the freeze
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Yesterday, January 25th, 2010, the Small Business Administration announced that they renewed their partnership with the Minority Business RoundTable (MRBT). MRBT is a national membership organization for minority CEOs. SBA hopes to
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a critical report on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)’s internal communications procedures and ability to attract and retain quality personnel. “(The) FCC lacks written
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John H. James, Jr., has been appointed to lead the sizeable task of reforming the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) by serving as director of the NSPS Transition Office (NSPSTO). He will
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James currently serves as the Director, National Security Personnel System (NSPS) Transition Office, bringing over 28 years of experience with the federal government. Prior to his current post, James serves as Executive
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Just last week we mentioned the launch of “milBook,†the Defense Department’s secure networking tool. Now the Navy is launching “Pulse.†This will be their very own secure blog. Robert Carey, Navy
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