The Department of Health and Human Services has appointed public sector tech executive Alicia Rouault as chief technology officer. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, Rouault stated that she will join a
Officials at the Defense Department have said Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will continue to provide military advice to the National Security Council, DoD News reported
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has exempted contracting, construction and project management professionals from the federal hiring freeze as VA starts construction projects and leases at over 20 medical centers and health
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Scientists at NASA collected measurements of cosmic radiation at high altitudes as part of an experiment that involved the use of two instrument payloads aboard a helium-filled balloon. NASA launched the Radiation
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has called for separate assessments of Boeing’s Air Force One aircraft replacement program and the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft after President Donald Trump raised concerns about the programs’ costs,
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has unveiled a competition that seeks to develop new biometric systems designed to recognize and capture complete fingerprints without the need for human operators. The Nail
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Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office, has said CBO predicts the U.S. budget deficit to grow over the next 10 years if current laws remain unchanged. Hall said in a statement published
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Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) and Chris Coons (D-Delaware) have proposed a bill that seeks to establish a new Senate committee that would conduct investigations on cybersecurity issues. The proposed Senate Select Committee
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Three House lawmakers have called on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to postpone work on a robotic space repair initiative until DARPA completes a review that seeks to determine whether the
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, has said he believes reinstating the Program Assessment Rating Tool would help OMB identify and reduce government waste and
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said the U.S. needs to deter “bad behavior†and conflict in space amid efforts of Russia and China to build
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