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,
Friday, December 18th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the launch of a $60 million research program to ultimately figure out how to move forward with the adoption of
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President Barack Obama has selected Howard A. Schmidt to be the national cyber security coordinator. He will be responsible for organizing and managing the country’s digital networks that have become increasingly vulnerable
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Yesterday, Monday December 21st, 2009, the first ever SAVE Award was presented to Nancy of Grand Valley, Colorado by President Obama. The SAVE (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) Award was apart of
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It’s the big question with trying to get medical records entirely electronic: can the benefits outweigh the privacy risk? Moreover, can the government provide data security? The Obama administration hopes to have
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This past October 2009, President Obama signed an executive order that requires government agencies to reduce waste by 50% by 2015, improve water efficiency by 26% by 2020, to operate government vehicles
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InformationWeek recently named Vivek Kundra, the Federal CIO, the Chief of the Year. Kundra has held this role for 9 months and has been a driving force in the U.S. government’s IT
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In a report released Monday, the Office of Management and Budget said Federal agencies are almost halfway towards reaching their two year goal to reduce government contracting costs by currently cutting $19
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VP Biden started the administration’s effort to put more than $2 billion to increase broadband in communities that would not normally have access across the United States last Thursday, December 17th, 2009
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Early this morning, Senate passed a crucial step toward final passage of the healthcare bill. In a 60-40 vote, Senate approved a procedural motion, a cloture vote, to move the legislation to
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Secretary Napolitano, the third secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spoke at the DHS employee Town Hall meeting on December 15th, 2009. Employees gathered to hear her speak at the
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