Charity Weeden, most recently vice president for global space policy and government relations at Astroscale U.S., has been sworn in as associate administrator for NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy. She
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The Biden-Harris administration is proposing an update to the Uniform Grants Guidance, the guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget that govern various kinds of financial assistance from the federal
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Patricia Gruber, formerly chief scientific officer at the Office of Naval Research Global, has been appointed science and technology adviser to the secretary of the State Department. In this capacity, she is
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The Department of Defense’s Office of the Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment has issued a directive establishing policy for using capability portfolio management across DOD and outlining procedures for managing portfolios. The
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Anna Gomez, formerly senior adviser for international information and communications policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the U.S. State Department, has been named commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.
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The Department of Defense has awarded six grants worth about $30 million combined through the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program to help strengthen the U.S. national security innovation base. The DMCSP funding
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Emerging technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence are taking hold in the federal government landscape as their promise and impact continues to grow. One emerging tech area that perhaps isn’t discussed
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules to accelerate its processing of satellite and Earth station applications to keep pace with the increasing needs of the commercial space industry. The commission
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U.S. Space Force has accepted another Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and will make the spacecraft part of the Electro-optical Infrared Weather System-Geostationary mission. The purpose
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The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a final rule that seeks to implement measures meant to protect the incentives program under the CHIPS and Science Act
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