Human and Health Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week announced the awarding of $96 million in grants to increase diversity in the healthcare field and encourage nurses to become nurse educators. The grants will fund scholarships that schools give to students from disadvantaged backgrounds with financial need. Funds will also provide low-interest loans to those [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced last week the launch of the beginning phase of the nationwide “See Something, Say Something” campaign, an initiative to raise public awareness of suspicious activity signs in public transportation. The newest addition to the campaign is the recently announced national information-sharing partnership between Amtrak and DHS. The [...]
Interested in NASA and have a smartphone? Then you will be able to access all the latest information, images and videos from the space agency. The newly updated app features four different screens: The missions home screen, which displays all current NASA missions in a table view; the images home screen, which has three image [...]
The latest status of the Afghan army’s development was explained during a recent address by Army Brig. Gen. Gary Patton during a Department of Defense bloggers conference. According to Patton, the Afghan forces have seen significant growth in the past few months as efforts to increase numbers, develop leaders and increase retention continue to strengthen. [...]
As the nation celebrated Independence Day, First Lady Michelle Obama issued a statement urging Americans to support service members and their families. “The freedoms and rights that characterize our nation would not be possible without the brave men and women in uniform and the families that support them,” the first lady said in an introduction [...]
Ashton Carter, DoD’s undersecretary for acquisitions and the man picked by Robert M. Gates to free up $100 billion in the defense budget, met with leaders of the government contracting community last Monday. “The secretary is saying we need to deliver the war-fighting capability required within the resources the country can afford to provide, and [...]
The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday the new Data Innovation Initiative, a new legislation designed to modernize how the agency collects and disseminates data. Chairman Julius Genachowski established a cross-bureau data team, which will be led by the chief data officer, as part of a reform effort in the agency’s data-driven decision making. “Smart policies [...]
The government continues to strengthen its presence in the technology realm with today’s release of four new smartphone apps. The Obama administration unveiled the new apps as part of the relaunch of the government website, USA.gov. The apps “Product Recalls,” “My TSA,” “UV Index” and “My Food-a-Pedia” put a refreshing spin on the government’s presence [...]
Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, called India an “increasingly important partner to the U.S.,” yesterday at a meeting with members of the Asia Society. The Defense Department policy official explained despite criticism about the Obama administration’s commitment to the U.S.-India relationship, the two nations’ cooperation with each other continues to mature due to [...]
Dr. José Muñoz, acting director of the National Science Foundation’s Office of Cyberinfrastructure, has been named the new chief technology officer. “We want to thank Dr. Muñoz for the leadership and direction he provided to the Office of Cyberinfrastructure,” OCI said in an announcement. “We are especially grateful to him for serving as acting head, [...]