The White House has proposed a “mission authorization†framework that would allow the Federal Aviation Administration to oversee asteroid mining, transportation of payloads to the lunar surface and other emerging commercial space
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Richard Kidd, deputy assistant army secretary for energy and sustainability, told Defense Department leaders in a panel discussion held April 26 that Army training exercises are affected by inclement weather conditions he says result from global climate change. Kidd
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The Treasury Department has completed and released the final data format designed to standardize reporting of federal spending data in compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, the Data
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Chuck Elmore, chief information officer at the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, plans to consolidate the organization’s enterprise network into the military branch’s AFNet infrastructure in the next year or so, Federal News Radio reported
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The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued a toolkit that offers six steps on how communities can develop a roadmap to develop and expand broadband networks to unserved areas as well
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Michael Watkins, director of the center for space research at the University of Texas in Austin, has been appointed as the new director of NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. “Dr. Watkins is
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Sens. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) have introduced a bill that would eliminate or merge approximately 223 outdated or redundant reports that federal agencies produce for Congress. The bill aims to build
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Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has instructed agencies to work with OMB to establish a database of current services program estimates before President Barack Obama leaves his
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House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Ranking Member Nydia Velazquez (D-New York) have asked the General Services Administration for updates on the agency’s efforts to give small businesses opportunities in competitions for federal contracts.
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Christopher Boyer, global public policy assistant vice president for AT&T ‘s services business, has been appointed chairman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board. NIST said Friday Boyer —
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