The White House has permitted NASA to continue operating the International Space Station for at least another 10 years through at least 2024, aiming to continue research and collaboration work on the ISS. NASA and its
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The White House has released more than 3.42 million digital records to the public since the 2009 start of its open data initiative following the Dec. 27 release of the White House’s
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The White House will award $100 million in grants for partnerships between local schools, companies and community colleges or universities with the goal of helping students pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and
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The White House has decided not to change a policy that allows one military official to lead both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason
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The U.S. government’s big data initiative has amassed support from 28 companies and organizations since its foundation in March 2012, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Colby Hochmuth writes organizations participating in Data to Knowledge to
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The White House and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are collecting feedback on a preliminary set of cybersecurity standards for the private sector. This voluntary framework seeks to provide commercial
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President Barack Obama plans to nominate former Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson as the next homeland security secretary, The Daily Beast reported Thursday. Daniel Klaidman writes that if confirmed, Johnson would become the
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The high probability of a government shutdown if Congress and the White House do not reach a funding deal has contractors preparing for potential ramifications on on their businesses, Â Politico reported Monday.
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Ben Bernake, current chairman of the Federal Reserve is supposed to step down from his post in January and the White House is considering different candidates to fill the important financial leadership
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The White House is directing agencies to prepare for a possible shutdown of the federal government if lawmakers fail to strike a deal on a continuing resolution, Reuters reports. Steve Holland and Roberta
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