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
Rick Perry, former governor of Texas, has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Energy Department, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Coral Davenport writes Perry is
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The White House has released a new document that details actions to guide federal agencies on the implementation of intellectual property policies over the next three years. The Joint Strategic Plan on
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The Senate has unanimously approved a bipartisan bill that would provide individuals, government agencies and other organizations access to machine-readable public information at Data.gov. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska)
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The Federal Aviation Administration has said it expects to bring the Data Communication service to towers at 56 U.S. airports by the end of 2016 as part of the implementation of the Next
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The Senate on Friday unanimously passed an amended bipartisan bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in fiscal year 2017 appropriations for NASA and require the agency to create a transition plan for
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A new MeriTalk survey has found that 69 percent of federal agencies with chief data officers said they are more likely to manage big data workloads compared with 40 percent of agencies that operate
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The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that passed both the House and Senate would authorize the Defense Health Agency to manage over 400 military hospitals and clinics that the Air Force, Army and Navy
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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has named six additional individuals to the NASA landing team, Space News reported Friday. Brian Berger and Jeff Foust write Steve Cook, a corporate vice president at Dynetics,
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to establish the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area in an effort to protect the natural and cultural resources as well as the communities in
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Boeing has entered into a potential $16.6 billion contract to produce and supply 80 passenger aircraft to Iran Air. The sales agreement with Iran Air was reached under the terms of the U.S.
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