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Paul Zukunft Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has said the service branch’s acquisitions portfolio that includes new procurement programs would be affected if Congress fails to...

Alan Chvotkin, an executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, has said PSC supports transparency and adoption of a phased-in approach in the federal government's implementation of...

The Government Accountability Office has called on federal agencies to allow chief information officers to assess and approve information technology contracts in an effort to increase CIOs’ oversight of agencies’ planned IT...

Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Virginia) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) have said the U.S. Navy should launch organizational changes and strategic communication efforts in an effort to address readiness issues, USNI News...

NASA is slated to launch four rockets from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska between Jan. 15 to 30 to study space x-ray emissions and the formation of Polar Mesospheric Clouds. The space...

The General Services Administration has conducted its first public meeting to discuss the use of e-commerce portals by federal agencies to buy products and services in compliance with a provision...

The U.S. Coast Guard will use an ice tank facility of Canada's National Research Council to test models of the agency's future polar icebreakers. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday...

Kathryn Marchesini The Department of Health and Human Services has appointed Kathryn Marchesini, former senior health information technology and privacy adviser at HHS' Office for Civil Rights, as chief privacy officer...

The U.S. Navy will evaluate a new laser weapon onboard a to-be-commissioned San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship in the fall, Defense News reported Wednesday. The prototype Laser Weapon System will...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) have introduced a bill that would penalize credit reporting agencies in the event of a security breach that affects consumer data. The Data Breach...