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Emphasis has grown on systems security and field team management tools as telework becomes more accepted as an alternative for federal offices nationwide, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Michael O’Connell writes that at the U.S. Census Bureau, the technology team has been on a campaign to allow its feds to …

NASA will work with Planetary Resources to create a crowd-sourced initiative as part of plans to identify asteroids and other near-Earth objects, FedScoop reported Friday. Colby Hochmuth writes the collaboration is included in the space agency’s “Asteroid Grand Challenge,” a program created to detect asteroids and to determine if they …

The Senate has decided to put off its defense spending bill for fiscal 2014 after lawmakers proposed hundreds of amendments to the funding measure, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. Brendan McGarry writes senators left for their 11-day Thanksgiving recess on Thursday without voting on the National Defense Authorization Act. The Pentagon …

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has addressed General Dynamics Corp. workers during a visit to the Navy‘s first Zumwalt-class destroyer vessel, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. Jill Aitoro writes Hagel thanked staff at the Bath Iron Works facility in Maine for their work on Naval ships and he said the …

Henry Paulson, former U.S. Treasury secretary, told a recent forum that Chinese leaders are working on reform measures to sustain economic growth and improve its political structure, Bloomberg reported Thursday. China’s proposed reforms include provisions to loosen its one-child policy and bolster land rights for local farmers, according to a …

Michael Chertoff, former homeland security secretary, said Thursday the federal government and private sector need to expand their partnership to thwart cyber attacks, Bloomberg reported Thursday. “If we see something coming across our network, we ought to share it as widely as possible,” Chertoff told a Bloomberg-hosted conference Thursday in …

The Defense Department released final rules Monday that require U.S. contractors to integrate data security protocols into their unclassified networks, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Sean Reilly writes defense companies must also report cyber theft of controlled and unclassified technical information to the Pentagon under the new policy. “This is an …

The House Intelligence Committee passed a measure by voice vote Thursday meant to decide guidelines and funding levels for intelligence programs for the 2014 fiscal year, FCW reported Thursday. Amber Corrin writes the bill allows for complete funding of a Director of National Intelligence program aimed at centralizing and upgrading IT …

A NASA probe designed to gather information about the moon’s atmosphere reached its planned orbit on Wednesday. Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer will circle the moon once every two hours for 100 days to help scientists examine the lunar dust environment, NASA said Thursday. “A thorough understanding of the …

Across-the-board cuts have forced the Defense Department to shift money out of research, development and acquisition programs to maintain existing operations, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Alan Shaffer, DoD’s acting defense undersecretary for research and engineering, detailed how sequestration is harming the areas of science and technology and engineering at …