Head of the Small Business Administration Karen Mills announced support for a pilot program that recognizes 10 regional economies or “clusters†and that will enhance the role SBA plays in these regional
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They’ve dodged bullets and bombs in some of the most dangerous corners of the globe, but now the Defense Department says U.S. service members should be on the lookout for a different
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Will SBINet get a second chance? Some say “yes,” but its brand may change. Last week, Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs & Border Protection (CBP) at DHS, promoted Mark Borkowski, SBINet’s project
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Before taking over as executive director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Border Initiative, Mark Borkowski had been serving as a program manager for the U.S. Border Patrol. All told he
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At a monthly meeting of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations earlier this week, co-chair of the council John Berry got the ball rolling on the future of teleworking by asking
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A new book by veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward reveals the tensions between President Barack Obama’s administration and military commanders over the build-up of troops in Afghanistan late last year. According
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In wake of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell†fight yesterday, it appears defense spending will have to limp forward with the aid of a continuing resolution – an omnibus bill that basically
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In addition to learning how to shoot and pilot a helicopter, one military contractor is teaching U.S. troops headed for Afghanistan a skill that might be overlooked in the heat of battle
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While NASA has been knocked off its orbit lately, one of its most recent endeavors never left the ground but is still leading the pack in innovation. The National Aeronautics and Space
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Speaking before a chief information officer meeting, federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced yesterday the restructuring of the Department of the Interior’s Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System as part of a broad
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