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A team of National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists has invented a “nondestructive” process for quality control testing of carbon nanotube and graphene materials that are increasingly used in the electronics manufacturing sector. NIST
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Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp., has said the adoption of tiered storage tools and software-defined platforms can help federal agencies address the challenges posed by big data.
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. National Guard‘s cyber squadrons could be called upon to participate in the campaign against the Islamic State militant group, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes the
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The Government Accountability Office has called on 10 agencies to establish their planned cost savings goals through data center closures and urged 22 agencies to boost performance in data center optimization. Those
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A Senate panel has cleared a bill that would require federal agencies to give up some of their airwaves for use in commercial wireless communications, Bloomberg BNA reported Friday. Lydia Beyoud writes
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the U.K. and France will invest at least a combined $2.1 billion for a collaborative unmanned aircraft development program, Defense News reported Saturday. Pierre Tran writes Cameron
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NASA has postponed the launch of the robotic part for its Asteroid Redirect Mission to December 2021 instead of 2020 to allocate time for the mission’s concept studies, Space News reported Thursday.
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The Department of the Navy has released a new memo that aims to outline differences in the responsibilities of the branch’s cybersecurity and information technology workforces, FCW reported Friday. Sean Lyngaas writes the memo
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Five companies presented multiple technology projects to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and other Defense Department officials during an event held at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental facility in Silicon Valley last week, DoD
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Ellen Kossek, a Krannert School of Management professor at Purdue University, will chair the work-life committee for an Office of Personnel Management research summit in March, the university said Wednesday. Kossek will lead the
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