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NASA has chosen a science instrument that will support a Japan-led sample return mission to Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The Mars Moons eXploration mission will be launched in 2024 to...

President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate John Vonglis, a senior adviser at private equity firm Cross Range Capital, to serve as Energy Department chief financial officer. From 2002 to 2009, Vonglis worked...

The Energy Department is allowing contractors to use Agreements for Commercializing Technology to forge new strategic partnerships with DOE-backed national laboratories. ACT works to help academic and commercial entities gain access to laboratory...

Alex Azar President Donald Trump will nominate Alex Azar, chairman and founder of consulting firm Seraphim Strategies, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Azar previously served as president...

NASA has announced that scientist Noah Petro will lead a CubeSat mission to study the sources of water on the moon. The space agency said Thursday the Mini Lunar Volatiles Mission...

The Senate unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would authorize federal agencies to collect voluntary feedback regarding public services, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017, introduced...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has established an industry consortium that will develop rules for the robotic servicing of satellites in space, Space News reported Tuesday. Todd Master, a DARPA...

Thirty-three federal agencies unveiled approximately 500 information technology and cybersecurity job vacancies through a two-day job fair administered by the Federal CIO Council, FCW reported Tuesday. The Federal Tech/Cyber hiring event took place in...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation looks for a new chief information security officer to oversee information technology security activities across the agency. A USAJobs notice posted Oct. 26 says the CISO...

Ed Hirst Ed Hirst, former mission system manager of NASA's Stardust comet sample return mission, has been appointed as project manager of the space agency's Jupiter probe named Juno. NASA said...