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Eric Burger, former director of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Security and Software Engineering Research Center, has been appointed to serve as the Federal Communications Commission‘s next chief technology officer. He will succeed Henning Schulzrinne,

David Garcia, former chief information officer for the state of Maryland, has been appointed to the same position at the Office of Personnel Management. OPM said Monday Garcia led Maryland’s information technology

The Government Accountability Office has urged five federal agencies to develop measures to monitor elements in contract closeout procedures in order to manage and reduce the backlog of contracts that are due for

The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to invest a total of $5 million in 25 research projects across 15 USAID partner countries. USAID said Thursday the 25 new programs are funded under the Partnerships

The State Department plans to elevate cybersecurity within the agency through the integration of the cyber coordinator post and cyber office into the bureau of business and economic affairs as part of

NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos have signed a joint statement during the 68th International Astronautical Congress to collaborate on the formulation of a deep space gateway concept. The joint statement represents a

The Cloud Center of Excellence seeks federal and industry input on four working documents about cloud acquisition, funding challenges and security matters, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. CCoE’s working documents include a

Simon Birmingham, Australian minister of education, has announced that Australia’s government will create a new agency to oversee the country’s space programs and partnerships, Space News reported Sunday. “This agency will be

NASA‘s office of inspector general has called on the agency to improve the implementation of policy on unmanned aircraft systems acquisition and management. The OIG said in a report published Monday that