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The U.S. Senate has passed the fiscal year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act by a bipartisan vote of 82-15.The bill, which cleared the House of Representatives by...

The Small Business Administration has published a final rule that seeks to modernize the Small Business Investment Company, or SBIC, program to drive private capital investment in critical industries.SBA said...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the Standards Participation and Representation Kudos—or SPARK—Pilot Program, a new initiative aimed at expanding participation in standards development organizations, a.k.a. SDOs, by small...

The General Services Administration has fully implemented Transaction Data Reporting, or TDR, to expand its use of more accurate and reliable data in federal procurement.GSA said Monday the initial TDR...

The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to expand its constellation with the deployment and operation of second-generation Starlink satellites.How Many Starlink Satellites Did the FCC Approve?FCC said Friday...

The Department of Energy has awarded $2.7 billion in uranium enrichment task orders to three companies to expand domestic production capacity and reduce reliance on foreign fuel sources.The investment is...

The Government Accountability Office has reported that selected federal programs do not consistently incorporate key requirements and leading practices designed to safeguard federal awards—including grants, contracts and loans—from fraud, waste and...

Since the White House released its AI Action Plan in July, federal policymakers and agencies have taken key steps to implement components of the plan to accelerate U.S. leadership in...

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration has announced the completion of the last production unit of the W88 Alteration 370 program, marking the conclusion of a multi-year modernization effort...

Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., have introduced a bill to establish a National Science Foundation-led network of six remotely accessible programmable cloud laboratories, or PCLs, for academic...