The Senate has confirmed Jayanta Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health by a vote of 53 to 47. He is set to take over as head of
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Greg Autry has been nominated by President Donald Trump for chief financial officer at NASA on March 24. The agency said Tuesday NASA acting administrator Janet Petro issued a statement announcing the nomination. According
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Stephen Ehikian, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, said streamlining and centralizing procurement and rationalizing IT infrastructure and software as a shared service are part of his vision for GSA. Centralizing
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Breaking Defense reported Tuesday that the Department of Defense indicated in an internal memo its intent to make the Advana big-data platform of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO,
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The Missile Defense Agency is planning a live hypersonic missile intercept demonstration after the test completion of a simulated engagement Monday using Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System. In an MDA statement Tuesday,
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The U.S. military’s transition to skills-based hiring requires an overhaul of existing processes, according to defense officials. At a recent event, hiring managers from the Navy, the Air Force and the Marines
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The General Services Administration has launched a rightsizing initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Multiple Award Schedule, or MAS, Program. In a statement published Monday, Josh Gruenbaum, commissioner of GSA’s Federal
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The Senate has confirmed John Phelan, co-founder and chairman of private investment firm Rugger Management, as the new secretary of the Navy. Lawmakers on Monday voted 62-30 in favor of Phelan’s appointment,
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Two programs of the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise, or PEO Enterprise, are looking at other PEO Enterprise initiatives for lessons learned and best practices as they prepare to begin the
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program will collaborate with industry and other key stakeholders to develop and iteratively improve a cloud-native authorization approach, called FedRAMP 20x, as part of efforts to
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