A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate calls for several federal agencies to develop tools that can aid in the government’s space weather research and forecasting activities, Space News reported Wednesday. Jeff Foust
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The Minority Business Development Agency has awarded a grant to the University of Southern California to operate a business center in Los Angeles under a program that aims to help minority-owned companies generate jobs and grow their businesses. MBDA said
More The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget have indicated that some agencies are not likely to hit the May 2017 deadline for the implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act,
More The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Securities and Exchange Commission Senior Counsel Michael Missal as the new inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Hill newspaper reported Tuesday. Jordain Carney writes the Homeland
More A House subcommittee has drafted a bill that would give the National Reconnaissance Office authority over some of the U.S. Air Force’s space weather programs, Space News reported Tuesday. The House Armed
More U.S. Army divers commenced its annual underwater demolition training at Puuloa Range Complex near Hawaii from April 12 to 14. During the exercises, members of the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment within the 8th Theater Sustainment Command set
More A National Institute of Standards and Technology-led initiative has unveiled a new strategic plan that seeks to guide and facilitate federal programs in support of a cybersecurity-focused national education initiative. Rodney Petersen,
More The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled a second wind turbine in Utah as part of the Tooele Army Depot’s sustainable energy network project. USACE said Monday the new 300-foot turbine and the first unit completed in July
More Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, has said the fiscal 2017 DoD budget proposal supports the department’s efforts to help the U.S. maintain a long-term advantage in military technology, DoD News reported Wednesday.
More The Obama administration has increased the number of nationwide feasibility studies intended to help the government pay for services that produce outcomes based on requirements. With Pay For Success (PFS) the government
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