NASA has unveiled NASA App HD, a new mobile application for the iPad providing videos, stories and NASA information all in one place. The application is free and a smaller-screen version can also be downloaded for the iPhone and iPod touch. The customizable application contains launch information and countdown clocks, mission information, a live stream [...]

The Taliban’s cash flow and recruitment in southwestern Afghanistan is in trouble, according to Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills. This year’s low poppy harvest and government subsidies encouraging farmers to grow other crops have left the Taliban with “less than one-half of what they had last year in operating funds,” Mills said. Coalition [...]

Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Federal Aviation Administration will invest $15 million in safety upgrades of the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The project is expected to create about 200 jobs by the time it is finished next year. U.S Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari said the project would not [...]

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is campaigning to keep federal funds flowing as the United States begins to withdraw military forces from Iraq and eventually, Afghanistan. Gates is concerned that, like in other times in U.S. history, wars ending will lead to a “peace dividend.” Addressing the American Legion in a speech last week, Gates [...]

President Barack Obama announced plans this week to loosen export regulations and consolidate the agencies governing them. The move supports the president’s effort to double U.S. exports, and is a win for technology manufacturers, many of whom expect the new rules could produce billions of dollars in new sales. Three agencies oversee U.S. export controls [...]

The U.S. market for ambulatory electronic health records will double from $1.3 billion in 2009 to an estimated $2.6 billion in 2012, according to a study published this month by Frost & Sullivan. The report said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs encourage healthcare providers [...]

Vice President Joe Biden spoke yesterday in Baghdad, emphasizing the importance of Operation New Dawn in the light of ending the combat operations in Iraq. His message to an audience of troops at Camp Victory’s ad Faw Palace was that the U.S. military and diplomatic efforts are still very much a national priority. “Operation Iraqi [...]

In line with an executive order from President Barack Obama, military leaders in the Chesapeake Bay area are looking to do their part to help save the environment. Last week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Gov. Martin O’Malley and other local leaders met to discuss ways to keep the bay clean. Topics [...]

The Government Accountability Office, NASA and the General Services Administration have been ranked the best places to work in the federal government in a survey of roughly 260,000 employees at 290 departments, agencies and sub-components. The three agencies made it to the top 10: GAO ranked second on the list, followed by NASA as the [...]

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Tuesday met with leaders of U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command to discuss existing partnerships. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen visited with Army Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, commander of Africom, and Army Lt. Gen. John D. Gardner, Eucom’s deputy commander, and [...]