The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is putting its money where its mouth is. The agency has begun a contest with a top prize of $100,000 for creators that can come up with
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Friday strengthening policies for handling classified information, following a review of policies and practices regarding the handling of classified information. The order requires federal agencies
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More workers were hired in September and job gains from previous months were revised higher, but the Labor Department’s latest jobs report says it did not make a dent in the nation’s
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Americans should not be concerned about government dysfunction because the Founding Fathers intended for “gridlock” to occur, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Wednesday. Scalia and Justice Stephen Breyer testified before the
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As the cybersecurity landscape is populated by numerous stakeholders, including internet service providers, consumers and government agencies, the U.S. government has adopted a âfacilitative roleâ, rather than an authoritative role, in developing a national
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More than half of the $367 billion the Defense Department spent on contracts in fiscal year 2010 was spent on services, but a Government Accountability Office report says the Pentagon continues to
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LightSquared, the Reston, Va.-based company that has proposed to build a national broadband wireless network, said Monday it may take legal action if the Federal Communications Commission denies it permission to build
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The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday it had begun testing a new airport screening program based on behavior recognition. The known-traveler initiative, known as PreCheck, will be tested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Detroit
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Congress has beat the clock again, passing this afternoon a funding bill that avoids a government shutdown and keeps federal operations running for six weeks. The House voted 352-66 on the Senate-approved
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The Transportation Security Administration has awarded $79 million each to BAE Systems’ information technology business and to two other companies for 30 new document scanners at airports across the U.S. Each company
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