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
Ryan Vega, executive director of the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem, said the Department of Veterans Affairs harnessed artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies in 2019 to improve the delivery of health services
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A House committee has asked the Department of Homeland Security to explain the demographic disparities found by a National Institute of Standards and Technology study in face recognition algorithms.
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The White House has asked the U.S. Navy to propose the inclusion of unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles in its planned 355-ship Battle Force fleet, the War Zone reported Friday.
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The Office of Management and Budget added four new objectives to the final draft of the Federal Data Strategy that agencies need to meet in 2020, Federal News Network reported Monday. The four goals
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A map has been updated to include new information on blackout zones or areas where compasses become untrustworthy due to magnetic forces, C4ISRNET reported Friday.
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The U.S. Army equipped a platoon of 40 foot soldiers with unmanned ground vehicles and aerial drones to counter an infantry during a recent wargame, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
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Joseph Kennedy, associate director of human resource solutions at the Office of Personnel Management, retired after nearly four decades of service at OPM, Federal News Network reported Friday.
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended that NASA come up a document stating its rationale for how it selected its lunar architecture and lunar programs and develop a cost estimate for the moon
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An inspector general report evaluated the Office of Personnel Management’s security program and practices in compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act and offered 47 recommendations to OPM, Nextgov reported Thursday.
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Margie Graves, federal deputy chief information officer, is set to step down from her post at the Office of Management and Budget on Dec. 31 to join the private sector, Federal News
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