The House has passed legislation that would authorize the Federal Aviation Administration to consider impacts on space operations in any study to analyze proposed structures’ impact on airspace operations, Space News reported Thursday. Jeff
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The Senate Commerce Committee has approved a bipartisan bill that would authorize $19.5 billion in fiscal year 2017 funds to help NASA sustain space investments that seek to support space exploration programs. Sen.
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The White House has announced seven new initiatives as part of the Third Open Government National Action Plan that seeks to promote transparency, innovation and accountability in the government. The White House
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Department of Veterans Affairs establish procedures to record obligations in the procurement system and address the implementation of the contract liaison initiative. A report GAO published Friday says
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The latest U.S. Census Bureau report has shown a 5.2-percent increase in household incomes and 1.2-percent decline in poverty across the country in 2015. In a blog post published Wednesday, President Barack Obama
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The Office of Personnel Management has provided more information about the new National Background Investigations Bureau in OPM’s written response to a follow-up inquiry from Sens. John Tester (D-Montana) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), Federal
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The Office of Personnel Management has released the results of an agency-level survey administered to 407,789 federal employees that represented 80 agencies on a data visualization dashboard called UnlockTalent.gov. OPM said Tuesday results of the 2016
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The Transportation Department has released a new policy that seeks to help automakers and technology firms ensure the safety of self-driving vehicles, USA Today reported Tuesday. Marco della Cava writes DOT will consider
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The Senior Executives Association has named Bill Valdez, a former director at the Energy Department and senior adviser at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, as president of the Washington-based nonprofit that represents many senior-level
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The Labor Department’s wage and hour division has released a notice on a policy to increase the minimum wage rate of federal contractor employees from $10.15 to $10.20 per hour. DOL said
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