China’s navy seized a U.S. unmanned underwater vehicle sometime Thursday in international waters around the South China Sea, various media outlets reported Friday. According to CNN, the USNS Bowditch attempted to recover
The Federal Aviation Administration will keep contract towers open as the recently-enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 allowed the agency to reprogram $253 million in funding for the towers, Aviation Week
MoreSequestration cuts have delayed the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency‘s efforts to build cybersecurity capabilities with private firms and academic institutions, the agency’s director said Wednesday. Arati Prabhakar said the agency has
MoreJerry Williams, chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will move to the Education Department to assume the CIO role in the department’s federal student aid office.
MoreThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has received a 4 percent funding increase in the White House’s budget request for fiscal year 2014, pending congressional approval. The additional $2.5 billion would go
MoreGeorge Mason University economics professor Stephen Fuller has said that sequestrationâs impact may not be as severe as he predicted, according to a Washington Business Journal article. Bryant Ruiz Switzky writes that Fuller
MoreThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has set aside seed money for pushing employee-led innovation projects aimed to promote the agency’s policies and priorities, Information Week reports. Elena Malykhina writes
MoreChristopher Painter, the State Department‘s coordinator for cyber issues, has called for international standards to govern cyber conduct and said what could be acceptable to some may not be so for the
MoreU.S. General Services Administration Acting Administrator Daniel Tangherlini has said a federal strategic sourcing program has helped agencies save $300 million from the procurement of goods and services, the Washington Business Journal reported. Jill
MoreThe Transportation Department has warned contractors that it may have to cancel or renegotiate its contracts as it manages its share of the $85 billion in fiscal year 2013 budget cuts under
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is drafting cybersecurity regulations for private companies and businesses that manage critical infrastructure. NIST said at an industry briefing hosted by Venable LLP that it
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