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
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has released a memorandum directing agencies to implement the new occupational series job classification for data science in compliance with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Department of Defense (DOD) awarded approximately $8.4 billion in air support contracts between fiscal years 2015 and 2021 in support of various training activities.
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Space Systems Command, led by Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, is set for another reorganization that has been approved by Air Force Secretary and three-time Wash100 Award recipient Frank Kendall, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is pursuing a multiyear research program that seeks to develop next-generation technologies for data storage using synthetic DNA. The Molecular Information Storage (MIST) program intends
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The U.S. Air Force is working on a draft strategy to guide the military branch’s investments in robotic process automation (RPA) and other areas and Lauren Knausenberger, the service’s chief information officer
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an emergency directive asking federal civilian agencies to mitigate Apache Log4j vulnerabilities in their internet-facing networks. CISA said Friday multiple threat actors are exploiting
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The Defense Information Systems Agency will no longer exercise the third option period in the milCloud 2.0 contract and allow the contract to sunset on May 20, Federal News Network reported Wednesday.
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Lynne Parker, director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, said her office has launched a new portal meant to help AI researchers explore and find data, testbeds and federal grant programs
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The Senate on Wednesday approved a $778 billion defense policy bill for fiscal year 2022 in an 88-11 vote, The Wall Street Journal reported. The FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act includes
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved a bipartisan bill that would improve and authorize the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for five years to help speed up
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