The Office of Personnel Management released a final rule implementing direct-hire authority for mission-critical information technology positions. OPM said in the document published Wednesday that the authority will allow agency leaders to
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House lawmakers questioned the Department of Veterans Affairs about why the agency continued to increase spending for legacy technology systems despite the need for updated systems, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, a 2019 Wash100 winner, will announce the agency’s initial plan to bring astronauts back to the surface of the moon by 2024, Space News reported Tuesday.
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The Office of Management and Budget will not publish select data on the federal government’s information technology spending for 2020 on the IT Dashboard web site, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. Officials will withhold information
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The Department of Defense will require contracting officials to secure approval from the agency’s program manager before restricting companies to subcontract in procurement deals.
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Engineers from NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tested an aircraft wing designed to change in shape depending on control needs, MIT News reported Sunday. The test occurred in a NASA-owned
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The Department of Energy is investing $26.1M in to develop marine and hydrokinetics technologies that would help the country continue leveraging hydropower. Officials said Monday that the department's water power technologies office will
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The Department of the Interior saved $14.8 million in 2018 as it expanded its fleet of unmanned aircraft systems to support operations across the U.S. The department released its UAS Program 2018
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The Defense Information Systems Agency program management office for the DoD Mobility Unclassified Capability program handles the security of mobile devices and applications to protect them from cyber attacks.
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Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence secured a three-year, $5.2M contract from NASA to create additive production methods and processes to boost liquid rocket engine performance.
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