President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense, DOD News reported Monday. Salesses will serve as interim DOD secretary
A KBV Research report says the rise in the number of government initiatives to advance the development and adoption of artificial intelligence and robotics will help drive the growth of the worldwide
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Susan Hubbard, a scientific leader and researcher, will assume the role of deputy for science and technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on March 1st. She will oversee ORNL’s research portfolio,
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Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), said NITAAC held a listening session to identify the supply chain challenges facing contract holders
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) will hold a proposers’ day on Jan. 19th to provide stakeholders information on technical requirements and objectives of a program that intends to develop novel
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An exascale supercomputer called Frontier is now being installed and integrated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Leadership Computing Facility in Tennessee and some researchers are expected to gain access to the machine
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John Benner, executive officer for weapon programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will assume the role of associate laboratory director for weapons production on Jan. 3. He will succeed Dave Eyler, who
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The Government Accountability Office looked at how terrorist groups and transnational criminal organizations launder money, engage in human trafficking and move illegal drugs and found that these groups perform phony trade deals,
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The State Department has announced that the three-year rolling average of foreign military sales (FMS) of defense weapons implemented between fiscal years 2019 and 2021 by the Defense Security Cooperation (DCS) Agency
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Alexander Macgillivray, a technology law and policy expert, has rejoined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to serve as principal deputy U.S. chief technology officer. He said in
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President Biden signed an executive order that will give federal civilian employees a pay increase of 2.2 percent and an additional locality pay adjustment of 0.5 percent, effective Jan. 1, Federal News
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