The Senate voted 56-43 to move forward with the final vote on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson, former ExxonMobil CEO, as secretary of state, Reuters reported Monday. Patricia Zengerle writes the
MoreThe European Union on Tuesday decided to increase the fiscal 2017 budget of the European Defense Agency by 1.6 percent to approximately $33 million, Reuters reported Tuesday. Robin Emmott writes the decision marks
MoreAnalysts say they expect Congress to remove caps on defense spending once President-elect Donald Trump advances his proposal to equip the military with more warfighters, new ships and fighter jets, Defense News
MoreThe Obama administration has proposed to increase federal investments in research and development projects on clean energy from $6.4 billion in fiscal year 2016 to $12.8 billion in FY 2021 as part
MoreRep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has pointed up the struggle of various agencies in implementing security patches on time for critical vulnerabilities, Federal News Radio reported
MoreKevin Shelly of MarkLogic has addressed data management issues in the government during a panel discussion with officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Army and Customs and Border
MoreU.S. Chief of Naval of Operations Adm. John Richardson has pushed for speedy progress in the U.S. Navyâs effort to develop a new unmanned armed aircraft for launch from a carrier at
MoreThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is looking into the Department of Homeland Security‘s efforts to create a paperless system to manage immigration applications. Six members of the committee and its
MoreForty-six percent of federal information professionals surveyed by SolarWinds and Market Connections cited insufficient cybersecurity training as a key hurdle in the prevention of insider threats. The research polled 200 IT leaders across
MoreFederal agencies looking to employ shared services for their processes should take the time to choose the right technology platform that best fits the organizationâs needs, GCN reported Tuesday. Karen Schwartz writes
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