Debbie Fairbrother: NASA Reinstates Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility as Launch Site
NASA has re-established the space agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Texas as a site for heavy-lift balloon launch missions. The agency...
House Passes Bipartisan IT Software License Mgmt Reform Bill
The U.S. House has unanimously passed a bipartisan bill co-authored by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pennsylvania) and 28 other colleagues that seeks...
House Panel OKs DHS Cyber Function Reorg Bill
The House Homeland Security Committee has approved a bill to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity functions and component responsibilities, Nextgov reported Wednesday....
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee OKs $2B NIH FY 2017 Budget Boost
AÂ Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved a $2 billion increase in the National Institutes of Health's fiscal year 2017 budget, The...
DOT IG Office Seeks New CIO to Oversee IT Resources
The Transportation Department's Office of the Inspector General is looking for candidates to take the role of chief information officer to...
John Goolgasian: NGA Reaches Out to Private Industry for Satellite Accuracy Measurements
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is continuing on its strategy to enlist the help of private industry imaging and analytics systems in order...
Census Bureau Appoints Kevin Smith as Associate IT Director, CIO
The Census Bureau has named Kevin Smith, who previously worked under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as chief information security...
GAO: DHS Should Specify Time Frames for Criminal History Info Sharing Implementation
The Government Accountability Office has made a series suggestions on how the Department of Homeland Security could specify time frames to implement...
Naval Research Lab Team Unveils New System for Graphene Film Fabrication
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has developed a method of using hyperthermal ion implantation as a means to substitutionally dope graphene with...
FCC to Move Electronic Comment Filing System to Cloud-Based Platform
The Federal Communications Commission aims to transition to an updated Electronic Comment Filing System by late June to boost public engagement with the commission. Alison...