The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has once again approved the nomination of Terrell McSweeny as the next commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, Reuters reported Monday. Diane Bartz writes
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has enlisted Accenture to install a new electronic payment system intended to accept automatic payment from current SmarTrip cards, Nextgov reported Monday. Bob Brewin writes that
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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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Outgoing Defense Policy Undersecretary James Miller said Tuesday that the U.S.’ effort to transition full security responsibility in Afghanistan to domestic troops there will finish this year as a bilateral security agreement
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The U.S. Army‘s top uniformed officer told a National Press Club audience in Washington Tuesday that the Army will likely not get back to a state of full readiness until 2020 because
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Denise Turner Roth, an 18-year public service veteran and former city manager for Greensboro, N.C., has joined the General Services Administration as deputy administrator and will succeed the retiring Susan Brita on
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The White House is considering plans to have government technology staffers work stints in the private sector and grow federal direct hiring authority to help manage large-scale information technology projects, the Wall
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Israel has tested a ballistic missile interceptor designed to deploy kamikaze satellites that can safely disintegrate any chemical, nuclear or biological warheads, Reuters reported Friday. Dan Williams writes that Israel’s defense ministry
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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 National Security Agency is interested and already building a quantum computer intended to be capable of breaking through the strongest encryption tools on the internet, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Steven Rich
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