The Senate on Monday voted 99-0 to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as the current administration’s secretary of state, Reuters reported. Rubio’s confirmation came just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn
A U.S. State Department advisory board has released a study outlining findings and recommendations to address the risks and benefits of using artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies in arms control,
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Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said the agency intends to establish a repeatable acquisition environment to help federal agencies accelerate their procurement of
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment on Tuesday achieved “first light” after a flight laser transceiver aboard the agency’s Psyche spacecraft transmitted and received near-infrared signals from Earth. The DSOC experiment sent
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President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government operational through early 2024. The continuing resolution would provide fiscal year 2024 funding through Jan.
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The General Services Administration has started soliciting feedback on a proposed rule that intends to streamline and standardize the Multiple Award Schedule, or MAS, clauses related to economic price adjustments, also known
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A continuing resolution is now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature after being passed by Congress to prevent a government shutdown and extend federal operations through early 2024, Reuters
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Six members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee have proposed a bipartisan bill that seeks to create a framework to foster innovation in the field of artificial intelligence and improve
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In the sixth annual audit of its consolidated financial statements, the Department of Defense reported that seven of the 29 component agencies received unmodified audit opinions and one secured a qualified opinion.
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America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining have announced ceiling increases on their contract vehicles with the Department of Defense. America Makes said Tuesday it saw its third
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has collaborated with General Dynamics Information Technology and Microsoft to develop and launch a cloud software-as-a-service offering in a classified environment for the Department of Defense. DISA
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