The Obama administration has plans to re-energize a fallen satellite program that is over budget and out of time. Before plans can change, the administration needs to convince Congress that the changes will be enough to fix the failing program. The White House has asked for a budget increase of more than $400 million. Congress [...]
Today, the Department of Defense will resume payments for college courses and job training for spouses who have previously applied for grants. The program was halted last month, with very little warning or reason. The year old program pays up to $6,000 for career advancement. The official in charge of the program apologizes for suspending [...]
After a failed attempt with the private sector, the FCC will ask congress to foot the bill for a wireless communications network for improvement of emergency responders. The plan would cost an estimated $18 billion over the next ten years. The new state of the art network would allow emergency responders to share information across [...]
Today, Energysaver.gov is the most highly searched term in Google. On the heels of the Cash for Appliances announcement and the ban of incandescent light bulbs, this government site has been topping trends. What is energysaver.gov and why is it so newsworthy? Energysaver.gov is a Department of Energy site devoted to ways in which American’s [...]
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $47 million for 14 projects to support new technology in the IT and communication sectors. Projects are encouraged to be in the data processing, data storage and telecommunications fields. Because of the rapid growth of these industries there has been an increasingly heavy [...]
Last night in an address to the Nation, President Obama admitted the government had sufficient information to uncover the plot of the attack and then eventually disrupt the attack. Placing much of the blame on the intelligence community,Obama recognized their inability ”to connect the dots.” In addition to the wrong doings of the Intel community, [...]
The NASA selected three proposals for the next space venture to another body in our solar system. The missions would may provide a better understanding of the origin of life on our planet. NASA will select one of the three missions mid-2011. “These are projects that inspire and excite young scientists, engineers and the public,” [...]
On a Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam, a 23 year old student from Nigeria attempted to detonate an explosive on a flight to Detroit. This event is serving as more of a wake up call to politicians and national administrators than a panic stirring terrorist attack. One thing resulting from the attacks is the investigation [...]
In a report released Monday, the Office of Management and Budget said Federal agencies are almost halfway towards reaching their two year goal to reduce government contracting costs by currently cutting $19 billion. An objective directed from President Obama, agencies are to cut $40 billion from contracting budgets by 2011. The administration hopes that by [...]
Early this morning, Senate passed a crucial step toward final passage of the healthcare bill. In a 60-40 vote, Senate approved a procedural motion, a cloture vote, to move the legislation to a final vote later this week. The vote taken this morning is the first of three procedural measures the bills needs to pass [...]