The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, has appointed Daniel Holtzman, a veteran technology leader, as deputy executive director. Holtzman announced his new position in a LinkedIn
The Office of Naval Research has developed nanoscale electrical wires made of genetically modified soil bacteria. ONR’s warfighting performance department sponsored a team of researchers led by Derek Lovley, a microbiologist at the University
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The U.S. Census Bureau has begun its search for a candidate who will serve as head of the office of information security in Washington. The bureau said in an Aug. 3 notice on USAJobs
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The General Services Administration has combined one program office and 11 regional programs for network services to form a single national program that will work to facilitate the procurement of regional and wide-area network
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The General Services Administration has launched a new special item number for cybersecurity platforms and services and collaborated with other federal agencies to develop procurement support to facilitate cyber vulnerability assessments of government information
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Office of Government Ethics to determine whether other federal agencies have experienced difficulties in reporting data on special government employees who do not serve on
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has visited Beijing to brief the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Gordon Lubold writes
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The Congressional Budget Office has said sequestration is not required because appropriations for both defense and nondefense programs for fiscal year 2016 do not exceed the caps on discretionary budget authority. CBO said in
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The Department of Health and Human Services has declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico in an effort to address the risk posed by Zika virus to pregnant women in the U.S. territory.
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has said the U.S. Navy should advance rapid prototyping and experimentation efforts in its fleet of ships in an effort to immediately address risks amid budget concerns
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The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has found that federal agencies used the authority under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to launch 47 prize competitions during fiscal year 2015
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