President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense, DOD News reported Monday. Salesses will serve as interim DOD secretary
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has announced that it will issue conditional national security eligibility determinations for contractors under the National Industrial Security Program, effective Feb. 1. DCSA said Tuesday the
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BlackSky Technology will transition its artificial intelligence-enabled software platform to the third phase of SMART, or the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program, through a contract with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects
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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, wrote an article explaining whether industry’s reluctance to compete for fixed-price contracts affects SDA’s business model. In a LinkedIn article published Wednesday, he said
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The Office of Management and Budget has begun soliciting public feedback on how to improve the use of privacy impact assessments, or PIAs, to mitigate privacy risks associated with artificial intelligence, data
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The First Responder Network Authority Board has approved a resolution to increase network coverage and speed up the transition of the national public safety broadband network to 5G capabilities. The board cleared
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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has unveiled a web-based platform designed to manage vendor catalogs on the GSA Advantage! purchasing website. The new FAS Catalog Platform, or FCP, integrates with
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The Federal Chief Data Officers Council has appointed government officials Kirsten Dalboe and Robert King as chair and vice chair, respectively. The council announced the executive moves in a LinkedIn post published
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The General Services Administration has begun seeking public comments on a draft document describing the operational framework meant to enable the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to prioritize CSOs, or cloud
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Mitre and the Office of Naval Research have developed a small unmanned aerial vehicle prototype that could be used in maritime surveillance, search and rescue and detection of meteorological events. The drone,
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The Department of Energy plans to issue a funding opportunity announcement, or FOA, to advance the formation of coalition teams tasked with developing and implementing strategies that would promote the production of
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