The Small Businesses Administration implemented on Jan. 6 a final rule to enforce a 2018 law that would increase the period of calculating annual revenue of small businesses in the contract review process
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The Department of Defense’s office of inspector general announced plans to kick off a review in January to determine whether the office of the defense undersecretary for research and engineering tracks and
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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to continue efforts to consolidate its financial management system by summer, Federal News Network reported Friday.
More The Department of the Interior plans to stop operations under a large civilian drone program due to security concerns with China-made technology, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The plan addresses a risk of possible espionage
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The Department of Treasury is nearing completion of an effort to develop a blockchain-based credit system for recipients of federal grants, FCW reported Friday. Craig Fischer, innovation program manager at the treasury department, said
More The Small Business Administration has extended the deadline for public input on a proposed rule to merge its mentor-protege program and update regulations for the 8(a) business development program.
More Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, said the service branch is working with the Department of Defense for future deterrence efforts including hypersonic missile research and development, National Defense Magazine reported
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Villanova University has announced the appointment of Kelly Doney as Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective Feb. 3, 2019, the university reported on Monday.
More U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Department of Defense needs to be more responsive with regard to the power competition with Russia and China,
More The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $6 million contract for the Competency Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program to Raytheon, the company announced on Monday.
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