Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum directing the secretary of the Army to establish the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or
Reps. Derek Tran, D-Calif., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., have introduced a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize the due diligence program for the Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, and Small Business Technology
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun soliciting information on a planned design challenge to drive the development of 3D heterogeneously integrated, or 3DHI, microsystems by providing access to capabilities developed
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The Senate on Thursday voted 52-46 to confirm Matthew Lohmeier, a former fighter pilot and Space Force guardian, as the 29th under secretary of the Air Force. The service said Thursday Lohmeier
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The Department of Energy has selected Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Savannah River Site and Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant as the sites for artificial intelligence data centers and energy generation projects. “By leveraging
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The White House has unveiled an action plan to help the U.S. achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence. The White House said Wednesday the AI Action Plan outlines over 90 federal policy
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The Senate on Tuesday voted 61-35 to confirm Bradley Hansell, a national security expert, to be the next under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, or USD I&S. Hansell replaces Dustin
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Josh Gruenbaum, commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, said his team’s Department of Government Efficiency-inspired cost-cutting approach to government contracts with software providers and
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Leslie Beavers, a previous Wash100 awardee, will step down from her position as the Department of Defense’s principal deputy chief information officer by the end of September after over three decades of
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Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has issued a memorandum providing guidance for federal agencies to consolidate procurement activities for common goods and services. In the July 18
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, as direct reporting program manager for
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