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Robert Strayer Robert Strayer, former general counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has joined the State Department as deputy assistant secretary for cyber and international communications and information policy....

The Government Accountability Office has called on five federal agencies to fully implement planning practices to transition to a follow-on program to the Networx telecommunications contract in order to avoid additional costs...

Ted McCan, policy assistant to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), has said lawmakers are expected to introduce in the next few weeks a bill that aims to advance the development...

John Roth President Donald Trump intends to nominate John Roth, formerly deputy comptroller for program and budget the Defense Department, as assistant secretary for financial management at the U.S. Air...

The Commerce Department seeks public input on the proposed implementing rules of a grant program that would fund state and local governments' 911 call center modernization efforts. The department said...

The Federal Communications Commission has defined standards that the agency will use to assess broadband networks of U.S. states that are opting out of the First Responder Network Authority's national public safety...

NASA will end the Earth science mission of the U.S.-German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellite duo in November after 15 years worth of service in space, Space News reported Wednesday....

The White House plans to transfer oversight of exports of nonmilitary firearms from the State Department to the Commerce Department in an effort to generate jobs, address government red tape...

Scott Blackburn Scott Blackburn, acting deputy secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has been appointed to serve as VA's chief information officer and assistant secretary for information and technology on...

The Library of Congress has launched a new website built to foster the creative use of the Library's digital collections on experiments, projects, events and other resources. The institution said...