Adele Merritt has stepped down as the National Institutes of Health’s chief information officer, Federal News Network reported Friday. Merritt is joining the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and
The Aerospace Industries Association and 31 small and medium-sized businesses have called on Congress to approve a bill that would foster innovation in the aerospace and defense sector through the restoration of
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NASA is completing the initial phase of a project to develop concept designs of a 40-kilowatt nuclear fission reactor that could be used in future lunar technology demonstrations and plans to extend
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, said CISA has initiated actions to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from cyberthreats posed by China, including its
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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has announced that it will issue conditional national security eligibility determinations for contractors under the National Industrial Security Program, effective Feb. 1. DCSA said Tuesday the
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BlackSky Technology will transition its artificial intelligence-enabled software platform to the third phase of SMART, or the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program, through a contract with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, wrote an article explaining whether industry’s reluctance to compete for fixed-price contracts affects SDA’s business model. In a LinkedIn article published Wednesday, he said
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The Office of Management and Budget has begun soliciting public feedback on how to improve the use of privacy impact assessments, or PIAs, to mitigate privacy risks associated with artificial intelligence, data
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The First Responder Network Authority Board has approved a resolution to increase network coverage and speed up the transition of the national public safety broadband network to 5G capabilities. The board cleared
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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has unveiled a web-based platform designed to manage vendor catalogs on the GSA Advantage! purchasing website. The new FAS Catalog Platform, or FCP, integrates with
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The Federal Chief Data Officers Council has appointed government officials Kirsten Dalboe and Robert King as chair and vice chair, respectively. The council announced the executive moves in a LinkedIn post published
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