The White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017 includes plans to double federal investments in clean energy research and development initiatives from $6.4 billion in FY 2016 to $12.8 billion in FY 2021. The White House
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The Defense Department has partnered with a network of U.S. research universities to establish an accelerator program that aims to promote civil-military technology collaboration to support national security efforts. DoD said Friday the MD5 National
More NASA researchers have tested and provided new software to the International Space Station in an effort to facilitate communications for scientists around the world that perform investigations inside the ISS. The space agency said
More The U.S. Air Force activated a new group within the 412th Test Wing in July to help the military branch develop testing methods for autonomous systems and small unmanned aircraft. The Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force aims to establish test plans and policies
More The Commerce Department and the USC Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management have formed a partnership to help ports across the U.S. move their supply chains onto digital platform. The partnership will focus
More Melissa Hodgman, formerly assistant director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s market abuse unit, has been appointed as associate director at SEC’s enforcement division. She succeeds Stephen Cohen, who departed the agency in June,
More The Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office has said the White House’s support for solar photovoltaic projects helped to extend private financing to an additional 45 utility-scale solar PV projects. The LPO’s update to
More CIA Director John Brennan has said he believes public meetings such as the Cyber Georgia conference can help professionals to work together to recognize and address cybersecurity challenges in the U.S., The Augusta Chronicle reported Monday. Bianca
More Raj Shah, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental managing partner, has said DIUx wants to work with partners that can provide new technologies to the warfighters in support of the group’s mission to connect with technology companies,
More The Government Accountability Office has found the Defense Department‘s February 2016 report did not include all required information on military, civilian and contracted services workforces to demonstrate cost savings. GAO said Wednesday DoD did
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