The House’s and Senate’s veterans affairs committee leaders have agreed on a measure to address appointment backlog problems at VA hospitals, Federal Times reported Monday. Kelly Kennedy writes the deal reached by
MoreDefense Information Systems Agency officials say that consolidating data centers does not hinder the agency’s information technology support work for defense organizations, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes the number
MoreThe Senate has earmarked a $250.5 million fund to support construction work on the Department of Homeland Security‘s centralized headquarters at St. Elizabeths in Washington, The Washington Business Journal reported Friday. Daniel
MoreThe Homeland Security Department has allotted more than $1.6 billion in total funding for its preparedness grant programs to help state, local, tribal and territorial partners respond to threats. Programs under the
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NASA is preparing to position its Mars orbiters on the opposite side of the Red Planet in time before the comet Siding Spring passes by the planet on Oct. 19. The cometâs
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The U.S. Army has completed a series of flight tests onan unmanned airborne electronic attack platform in order to assess its technical capability to deploy jammer to another aerial system. The Army conducted the testing
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Anne Rung, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has outlined her priorities during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Federal News Radio reported
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is holding five programs to develop new technologies that would provide positioning, navigation and timing information for locations beyond the coverage of GPS. DARPA said Friday the future technologies will work to deliver
MoreThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently held a hearing into the financial viability and possible dissolution of the Commerce Department‘s National Technical Information Service, FCW reported Wednesday. Mark Rockwell writes
MoreThe Department of the Air Force is asking industry to adapt and incorporate a moving target defense system into a command and control platform to help the service achieve its cybersecurity goals. The Air
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