Ellen Stofan stepped down as NASA’s chief scientist three years after she assumed the post, Space.com reported Thursday. Jeff Foust writes NASA hinted at Stofan’s resignation in a Dec. 21 interview posted
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Securities and Exchange Commission authorize the SEC’s chief operating officer to reform cross-divisional collaboration and establish training for hiring specialist. GAO said Thursday the SEC’s divisions lack communication
More The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a prize challenge to create an online generator that would help health information technology developers provide privacy policy notices on health IT
More The Small Business Administration will launch a new $1.2 million competition that aims to expand access to entrepreneurial education and microloans to formerly incarcerated individuals. SBA said Thursday the Aspire Challenge will
More The U.S. Air Force has chosen 35 airmen to take one to three years off from military service to test a new personnel strategy in the U.S. military, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Scott Maucione
More The U.S. military looks to resume mid-air refueling training exercises in Japan in January after drills were suspended due to a crash landing in early December, NHK reported Thursday. U.S. told Japan that it would
More The U.S. Army‘s Security Assistance Command has secured $14.8 billion in new foreign military sales deals with countries such as Saudi Arabia, the U.K., Canada and India for fiscal year 2016. The
More A provision in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Defense Department to perform an operational test and evaluation procedure to ensure the Joint Regional Security Stacks system will work to protect
More A Congressional Research Service report obtained by the Federation of American Scientists shows that the Defense Department’s research, development, testing and evaluation appropriations reached $65.5 billion in fiscal year 2015, which accounted for
More Air Force Brig. Gen. Kevin Kennedy has been named deputy chief information officer of command, communications and computers and information infrastructure capabilities for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Defense Department
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