The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded implementation grants with a total value of around $504 million to 12 Tech Hubs. With these investments, the organization aims to create jobs
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Lt. Gen. Michael Conley took command of the Air Force Special Operations Command during a ceremony held at the Freedom Hangar on Tuesday. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, who served as commander of AFSOC since
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Leonel Garciga, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum detailing new policy guidelines for the development, deployment and use of generative artificial intelligence
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Dan Ford, who previously served as vice president of U.S federal and national security sectors at Capgemini Government Solutions, has been elevated to CEO of the company. During Ford’s nearly 20-year tenure at
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Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., is planning to introduce legislation that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help agencies develop voluntary guidelines for third-party AI evaluations. The Validation and
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The State Department has started soliciting public feedback on a proposed rule that seeks to amend federal regulations by including namecheck vetting provisions in solicitations and awards for both contracts and grants
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Mistral has begun the production of a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system for the U.S. Army. THOR, a commercial off-the-shelf Group 2 UAS, was created as part of an Army program
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Manuel Gauto, chief engineer for the Department of the Navy’s Black Pearl software factory program, said the program is looking to secure accreditation for Impact Level 6 in order for it to
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has chosen three new topics for its Secure Tomorrow Series Toolkit, a set of interactive products to help critical infrastructure stakeholders identify and mitigate emerging risks.
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The University of Hawaii has secured a potential 10-year, $85.5 million contract from NASA to maintain and operate the Infrared Telescope Facility, or IRTF, on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. NASA said
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