The Senate on Tuesday voted 77–23 to confirm Douglas Collins as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Hill reported that Collins will be responsible for the VA, which has more
NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk said he expects the Space Launch System's initial flight to occur in mid-2021 or late 2021, SpaceNews reported Monday.
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The Department of Defense has begun a study to identify weaknesses in the industrial base for the development of hypersonic weapons, Defense News reported Monday. Mark Lewis, director of research and engineering for modernization
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The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill to protect U.S. telecommunication networks from foreign adversaries. The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 would bar the Federal Communications Commission from offering subsidies with
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President Trump plans to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) as the next director of national intelligence, Politico reported Friday. This marks the second time the president has announced Ratcliffe as his nominee for the
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The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is scheduled to take effect later this year and Morgan Dwyer, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Security
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to launch initial capabilities of its electronic health record system in July at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., Federal News Network reported Thursday.
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Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations, wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday on Defense News that the
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The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has appointed Alka Patel, a member of JAIC’s strategic engagement and policy team since January, to lead the implementation of its new ethical principles
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Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said CISA plans to put an end to using Social Security numbers as identification to help address
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released an annual report detailing the steps taken to implement the American Artificial Intelligence Initiative launched in February 2019 through an executive
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