The Senate on Monday voted 99-0 to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as the current administration’s secretary of state, Reuters reported. Rubio’s confirmation came just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn
John Bass, undersecretary for management at the State Department, has been designated by State Secretary Antony Blinken as chief sustainability officer. Blinken, a previous Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published
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Matt Murray, most recently head of the bureau of economic and business affairs at the State Department, has been appointed to serve as the department’s senior U.S. official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
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Kurt DelBene, chief information officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said he plans to oversee digital transformation efforts at VA that include the improvement of software development offerings and information technology
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Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report on the U.S. Army’s priorities as discussed by Army Secretary Christine Wormuth at a virtual fireside chat event Tuesday. Wormuth noted that the
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments and rules that would require registered investment advisers and funds to implement cybersecurity procedures and policies to protect fund investors and advisory clients from
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Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has approved nine advisory committees to resume operations after considering recommendations of a zero-based review of all advisory
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The White House has issued an updated list of critical and emerging technologies that are important to U.S. national security. The Office of Science and Technology Policy led a deliberative process via
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The House on Tuesday voted 272-162 to pass a continuing resolution that would fund government operations at current funding levels through March 11 and provide time to address appropriations bills for fiscal
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Researchers from Switzerland have found that an implanted electrode device enabled three patients with spinal cord injury to stand and walk again, CNN reported Monday. Participants in the STIMO clinical trial were
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The Department of the Treasury has informed the office of Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that the Internal Revenue Service is in the process of ending the use of facial
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