The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Farhan Khan, a technology leader and former Food and Drug Administration official, as chief information officer. As Khan steps into the FCC’s top IT role, federal
Defense Secretary James Mattis has said the Defense Department has initiated steps to establish a space-focused military command as part of a reorganization plan, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. He said Tuesday at the
More The U.S. Navy plans to purchase its first Future Surface Combatant ship in 2023 in support of its Arleigh Burke Flight III warship program, USNI News reported Tuesday. The combatant ship will integrate
More The House Energy and Commerce Committee has called on the Department of Homeland Security and Mitre to conduct biennial reviews to ensure the stability and effectiveness of a program that aims to
More Defense Secretary James Mattis has called on President Donald Trump to come up with a national artificial intelligence strategy in order to keep up with AI development plans of China and other
More A package of fiscal 2019 appropriations bills passed by the Senate would earmark $60.3M in funds to support the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s health IT interoperability efforts,
More The Department of Homeland Security’s procurement innovation lab has a list of nine contracting methods that federal agencies can use when choosing a contractor for a task order issued under the General
More Julie Kramer White, deputy director of engineering at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has discussed how her team helped develop the Orion space capsule based on the Apollo program and cited the physical
More The U.S. Army has opened in Austin, Texas, the headquarters of the service’s new Futures Command that seeks to accelerate the development and acquisition of ground vehicles, precision weapons, communications systems, aircraft
More The Senate on Thursday voted 85-7 to approve a package of bills that would appropriate $854B in funds for fiscal 2019, Reuters reported Thursday. Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle
More The Defense Logistics Agency has started using a business decision analytics platform that works to help contracting officers protect the Defense Department’s supply chain from counterfeit parts and cyber threats, Federal News
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