The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the unclassified provisions of the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act will cost $454 million to implement from 2017 to 2022. CBO said Monday the bill would authorize a $562 million
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A group of 19 House Republican members has called on President Donald Trump to clarify his presidential memorandum that imposes a hiring freeze on federal civilian employees. The lawmakers said in letter published Wednesday the
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has issued a memo that outlines a spending plan that seeks to prioritize near-term readiness and postpone equipment modernization efforts until 2019, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Sydney J.
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A new American Customer Satisfaction Index report has found that citizen satisfaction with federal government services received a score of 68 out of 100 in 2016, up 6.4 percent from 63.9 in 2015.
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David Shulkin, nominee for the Veterans Affairs secretary post, has said that he would implement efforts to increase former service members’ access to care services in the private sector if the Senate confirms him, USA
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The U.S. Marine Corps has begun to look at several technology platforms that will work to detect, jam and target hostile drones equipped with weapons, the Marine Corps Times reported Tuesday. Lt.
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A three-member research team led by NASA technologist Vivek Dwivedi is working on a foldable radiator designed to control heat on small satellites. NASA said Tuesday the radiator’s design is based on origami
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the General Services Administration to inform tenant agencies if their high-security leased offices are owned by foreign companies. GAO said in report published Monday it found that GSA leases high-security
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Technicians from the 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have completed modifications to the U.S. military’s T-38C Talon jet trainers as part of a $50 million aircraft modernization project. The U.S. Air Force said Monday the
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The U.S. Air Force has launched a program that seeks to provide uniformed personnel access to data and expedite the decision-making process in the battlefield through the use of cloud-based platforms, C4ISRNET
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