President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that provides inspectors general to access data they need to perform their duties. The Inspectors General Empowerment Act of 2016 will give IGs authority to obtain necessary
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Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall is set to inform Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) through a letter that developmental test flights for the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft could extend to
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The Defense Department‘s office of inspector general has published its Fiscal Year 2017 Oversight Plan that describes the top management and performance challenges facing DoD as well as projects designed to address those issues.
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The Department of Veteran Affairs has opened a new call center in Atlanta to provide suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to more veterans in need of assistance. The veteran crisis line
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The White House has published a report that explores the potential impact of artificial intelligence-driven automation on the economy. Kristin Lee, communications director and senior policy adviser at the White House’s Office
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A Government Accountability Office report shows that the total number of protests filed with the agency to challenge federal contract awards reached 2,789 in fiscal year 2016, a figure that represents a 6 percent
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The Agriculture Department is investing $32 million in new projects meant to help protect natural resources and maintain the health of forest ecosystems through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. USDA’s Natural Resource
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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) have announced the names of the initial members and mentor partners of an embedded entrepreneurship program based at the Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne
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NASA has conducted a new study using a satellite instrument that orbits the Earth which observed the effect of environmental changes in polar food webs on the boom, bust, peak and decline
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A report from Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) estimates that the Department of Homeland Security will save nearly $1.2 billion over 30 years if DHS completes the consolidation of its headquarters at the St. Elizabeths West campus in Washington, D.C.
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