Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced yesterday a collaborative effort to deliver broadband access to rural areas to promote economic development. The Department of Agriculture announced plans to award nearly $1.2 billion for 126 projects across the country to connect homes, businesses, and critical community institutions that don’t currently [...]
Katherine Hammack was yesterday officially sworn in as assistant secretary of the Army for installations and environment during a ceremony in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes by the Undersecretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal. Hammack serves as the primary adviser to the secretary of the Army and chief of staff of the Army on [...]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today an additional $159.1 million in grants will be made available to strengthen healthcare workforce training programs. These grants, which fall under the Affordable Care Act and Recovery Act, will strengthen and grow the nation’s primary care workforce and will target three types of programs: Nursing Workforce Development programs; interdisciplinary [...]
When the “Apps for the Army” challenge kicked off in March, the U.S. Army expected to receive new software tools for improving how the service works. What resulted from the contest was a slew of new applications, as well as a new direction that will shape the way the Army does business. After seeing success [...]
During his confirmation hearing earlier this week, President Barack Obama’s nominee as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs vowed to strengthen the medical system for members of the military and their families. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, an Army Reserve brigadier general, told the Senate Armed Services Committee of his plans to cooperate with other Defense [...]
During a Middle Class Task Force meeting last week, Vice President Joe Biden and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz revealed new rules that protect consumers from unfair practices in debt-relief services. The rules, which will take effect Oct. 27, 2010, will require companies that sell debt-relief services over the telephone to no [...]
The legislatively mandated Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel addressed the much debated issue of authority over cybersecurity in the federal space in the report released last week to the Department of Defense. In the report, the panel expressed concern over the lack of structure in combating potential cyber attacks. While the Department of Homeland Security [...]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday announced the appointment of Phoebe Yang as senior adviser to the chairman on broadband, a role in which she will assume responsibility over the management of the commission’s broadband priorities pursuant to the National Broadband Plan. “Phoebe has played an absolutely critical role in creating the National Broadband [...]
The Defense Information Systems Agency last week held its first combined Customer and Industry Forum at National Defense University on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., bringing together the previously separate Forecast to Industry day with key elements of the Customer Partnership Conference, which was canceled in May due to flooding in Nashville. One [...]
Department of Homeland Security yesterday announced a series of initiatives to support state and local law enforcement and community groups across America in identifying and diminishing threats to their communities and expanded DHS’ “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to the Washington, D.C., area in connection with the annual anti-crime campaign National Night Out. [...]