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Lisa Gordon-Hagerty Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, former president of security consulting firm Tier Tech International, has taken her oath as the Department of Energy's undersecretary for nuclear security and administrator of the National Nuclear...

NASA loaded a test model of heavy-lift rocket intertank onto a barge Thursday at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for shipment to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Marshall's engineers will...

Paul Lawrence President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Lawrence, a retired U.S. Army captain and current vice president of Kaiser Associates' public sector business, to serve as Department of Veterans Affairs...

The National Space Council has approved four recommendations that seek to introduce changes to commercial space regulations, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the council, and other NSC members...

Abigail Slater Abigail Slater, general counsel at the Internet Association, will join the White House's National Economic Council as special assistant to the president for technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity policy, The...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded initial funds to support a Purdue University-led research project that seeks to develop new semiconductor materials for storage and novel computing applications....

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI will jointly host a three-day national classified dialogue with the country's state election officials beginning on...

Richard Spencer U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, has disclosed the name USNS Newport for the service branch's future Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel. Newport, designated T-EPF 12, will be the fourth...

The Energy Department has formed a new office that will aim to secure U.S. energy infrastructure and support DOE's national security missions. President Donald Trump proposed a $96 million budget for the department's new...

Allison Brigati Allison Brigati, acting deputy administrator of the General Services Administration over the past two months, was sworn in Tuesday as GSA's deputy administrator. GSA said Tuesday Brigati joined the agency in...