Richard Gilbrech, a more than three-decade NASA veteran, will retire from government service and step down from his post as director of the space agency’s Stennis Space Center on Jan. 13. NASA
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft guidance on evaluating claims made about differential privacy, a privacy-enhancing technology used to quantify risks to an individual’s data privacy. The
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Mara Karlin, who is currently performing the duties of deputy under secretary of defense for policy, will leave the Department of Defense next week for academia. Sasha Baker, acting under secretary of
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The National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and industry partners have issued a cybersecurity technical report offering recommendations to ensure the security
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Sonny Hashmi, a previous Wash100 Award winner, will step down from his role as commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service on Dec. 29. Tom Howder, deputy commissioner of FAS,
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Gina Raimondo, secretary of the Department of Commerce, said semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia is allowed to sell artificial intelligence chips designed for commercial applications to China, Reuters reported Tuesday. “What we cannot allow
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The U.S. Department of Defense has issued $161 million in grants to nearly 300 university researchers to strengthen their research capabilities and build up the science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce. The funds
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Carlos Del Toro, secretary of the Navy and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, has established a new office tasked with providing independent, data-driven assessments and recommendations on developing guiding principles and priorities to
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality have released updated guidance on implementing nature-based solutions to address the impacts of the climate crisis on U.S. infrastructure,
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has signed a memorandum of agreement with NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of the Air Force to strengthen coordination and expand collaboration on
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