Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., ranking member of the Senate panel, have announced the leaders and members of seven SASC subcommittees for the 117th
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Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, have introduced legislation authorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct research into disinformation during
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Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Bill Foster, D-Ill., joined Sens. Mazie Hirono D-Hawaii, and Thom Tillis R-N.C., to introduce a bill to revive the Office of Technology Assessment with boosted accessibility and responsiveness.
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Sen. Joe Manchin unveiled a bipartisan legislation to create water and energy usage standards for federal government buildings. The Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act will formally establish the Federal Energy
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McAleese & Associates reports that public shipyards are all jockeying for public shipyard recapitalization funding heading into 2019. During the recent “Navy/USMC Readiness” hearing, Richard Spencer, secretary of the U.S. Navy, assured
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Seven bipartisan senators have asked the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel to provide the Defense Department with spending flexibility for the remaining months of fiscal year 2018 amid the funding constraints posed
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has included an amendment in the intelligence authorization bill for the facilitation of commercial satellite platforms with the country’s satellite architecture. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) developed the amendment with Sens. Mazie Hirono
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Some U.S. lawmakers and open government advocates have voiced concerns about the inclusion of a Freedom of Information Act exemption in cybersecurity data sharing bills, Politico reported Monday. Josh Gerstein writes the
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