NASA is seeking proposals for observations the James Webb Space Telescope will perform after its planned October 2018 launch, Space News reported Friday. Jeff Foust writes JWST officials said at a town hall meeting
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The General Services Administration‘s 18F unit has collaborated with the Labor Department‘s Wage and Hour Division to transform the application system for Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act into a digital-first service. Rebecca Refoy-Sidibe
More The Office of Personnel Management has released new guidance that aims to help agencies apply updated procedures on assigning job codes to cybersecurity positions. The guidance published Wednesday seeks to align with the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act that requires
More Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has said election infrastructure should be recognized as a subsector of the existing government facilities critical infrastructure sector and be a priority for cybersecurity assistance and protection. Johnson wrote
More The Office of Management and Budget has established new policies on how federal agencies should prepare for and address a breach of personally identifiable information. In a memo published Tuesday, OMB offers a framework for efforts to assess
More President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Dan Coats, a former senator from Indiana, as the next director of national intelligence, Reuters reported Thursday. Steve Holland writes the official announcement of Coats’ nomination
More The incoming U.S. president and Congress should establish a new intergovernmental partnership with state and local government agencies in an effort to facilitate the deployment of resources to help address domestic issues
More The House of Representatives has passed a bill that seeks to overturn agency regulations that were finalized in the last 60 legislative days of a president’s term, Government Executive reported Wednesday. Charles Clark
More The Energy Department will construct the headquarters of its new Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions Institute in Rochester, New York. REMADE Institute will utilize $140 million worth of federal funding and private-cost
More President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Jay Clayton, a partner at law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump’s transition team said Wednesday Clayton will help the
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