GAO: DoD Should Develop Performance Goals to Assess Pilot Mentor-Protege Program
The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to establish performance goals and associated measures necessary to evaluate the ...
Mayer Brown Partner John Sullivan to Be Nominated as Deputy Secretary of State
John Sullivan President Donald Trump will nominate John Sullivan, a partner at Washington, D.C.-based law firm Mayer Brown, as deputy secretary ...
NSA Taps University of West Florida to Help Expand Cybersecurity Education
The University of West Florida will receive a $200,000 grant from the National Security Agency to help boost cybersecurity education programs ...
James Mattis: US Missile Strike on Syria’s Airfield a ‘Measured Response’ to Chemical Weapons Attack
James Mattis Defense Secretary James Mattis has said that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government is responsible for the April 4 ...
NIST Launches Indoor Navigation App Devt Challenge
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched a challenge to foster the development of a smartphone application for indoor ...
FAA to Release Initial UAS Facility Maps by April 27
The Federal Aviation Administration aims to release an initial batch of facility maps for small unmanned aircraft systems by April 27 in ...
GSA Begins Source Selection Phase for Alliant 2 IT Contract Vehicle’s Unrestricted Portion
The General Services Administration has started the source selection process for the unrestricted section of the potential 10-year, Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition ...
Elaine Duke Starts Role as DHS Deputy Secretary; John Kelly Comments
Elaine Duke, formerly undersecretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security, has assumed new duties as the seventh deputy secretary ...
DHS to Help Develop AUV Platform for Coast Guard’s Under-Ice Data Collection Efforts
The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate has partnered with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and DHS' Arctic Domain ...
CBO: Federal Deficit Hits $522B in First 6 Months of FY 2017
A new Congressional Budget Office report says the federal budget deficit for the first half of fiscal 2017 reached $522 billion, approximately ...