President Donald Trump has appointed Gina Haspel, former deputy director of the National Clandestine Service, as the new deputy director of CIA.

CIA said Thursday the selection of Haspel, who has been with the agency since 1985, makes her the first female career CIA officer to be appointed deputy director.

“Gina is an exemplary intelligence officer and a devoted patriot who brings more than 30 years of agency experience to the job,” said CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Haspel held various roles within CIA, including as deputy director of NCS for foreign intelligence and covert action and as the NCS director’s chief of staff, and she also served overseas as an undercover agent.

James Clapper, former director of national intelligence; Michael Hayden, former CIA director; Fran Moore, former CIA director for intelligence; and Stephen Kappes, former CIA deputy director are among the intelligence community leaders who have worked directly with Haspel and applauded her appointment.

NASA‘s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will conduct a series of flights in Washington to test a new aircraft technology designed to help airlines mitigate air traffic delays and aid air traffic controller workloads.

The space agency said Friday the Federal Aviation Administration and other aviation partners will help conduct the Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration-1 flights which will test the airborne flight deck interval management software.

ATD-1 will use a Boeing 757 aircraft, United Airlines-supplied Boeing 737 aircraft and a Honeywell business jet to conduct the flight test over Grant County International Airport.

Researchers from NASA Langley Research Center developed software and flight tests to be equipped on the Boeing aircraft to support the management of the arrival of aircraft to airports.

NASA added the research team aims to help airplanes spend less time in the air to address engine emission, fuel, money and noise concerns as well as mitigate potential delays.

More than 25 U.S. companies have established a coalition to support a House bill that seeks to impose a 20 percent tax on imports and reduce income tax from 35 percent to 20 percent and exempt revenue from taxable income, Reuters reported Friday.

The American Made Coalition is composed of several firms that include Boeing, Oracle, General Electric, Eli Lilly and Co., Pfizer and Dow Chemical, David Shepardson  and Ginger Gibson wrote.

“American workers and businesses are not competing today on a level playing field with foreign competitors because of an outdated and unfair tax system,” John Gentzel, a spokesman for the coalition, said in a statement released Thursday.

Gentzel noted the American Made Coalition will work to advance the proposed House legislation that aims to reform the tax system in an effort to incite investment as well as support job creation efforts and U.S.-made products.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and House Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduced the tax reform proposal in the lower chamber.

The Tax Foundation said it expects the House tax reform bill to increase gross domestic product by 9.1 percent, create 1.7 million jobs and result in a 7.7 percent rise in wages.

Two Senate committees have approved the nomination of Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina) to lead the Office of Budget and Management, Politico reported Thursday.

Jennifer Scholtes writes the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Budget Committee held party line votes that advance Mulvaney’s nomination on to the full chamber.

Mulvaney said during Senate committee hearings that he would support additional military spending as well as cost-saving reforms to social security and Medicare, The Hill newspaper reported.

Republicans expect Mulvaney to balance President Donald Trump’s plans to cut taxes, boost infrastructure spending and build up the military without entitlement reform if the Senate confirms him, Sylvan Lane wrote.

The Internal Revenue Service has said taxpayers can now access free electronic tax preparation software through mobile devices such as smart phones or tablets.

IRS said Wednesday private-sector partners that offer free tax preparation and filing software under the IRS Free File program adopted a new design to support access from desktops, laptops, mobile phones and tablets.

Mobile device users can find software products through the Free File Software Lookup Tool which is accessible through the agency’s IRS2Go application or website.

The Free File software works to support free electronic tax preparation, filing and direct deposit of refunds.

IRS noted the 12 providers established eligibility requirements for their respective products based on age, income or state residency.

Active duty military personnel with incomes of $64,000 or less are exempt from the requirements.