President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Office of Management and Budget study the potential inclusion of land mobile radio equipment in its category management initiative. GAO said Wednesday it examined federal agencies’ LMR
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The Department of the Navy has unveiled a new website in an effort to expand professional development opportunities for DON’s civilian workforce. The DON Credentialing Opportunities On-Line site is designed to help civilian employees find certification and
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NASA hired interns during the summer to support the explorations and space communications projects division at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Forty-eight students from 25 different U.S. schools participated in internship programs
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Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the U.S. Army’s Capabilities Integration Center director, is shifting its priority to cross-domain fires and artillery batteries to be able to perform surface-to-surface, surface-to-air and shore-to-ship missions, Defense News
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NASA and France’s aerospace research agency ONERA have entered into an agreement to conduct studies meant to help mitigate the impacts of civil air transportation noise on communities. The partnership aims to develop new technologies
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The Government Accountability Office has called on several agencies to account for all software application inventories in order to help fulfill additional cost reduction efforts. GAO said Thursday it reviewed 24 Chief
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Office of Personnel Management establish a process to help other agencies validate their data on how many political appointees become career federal workers. GAO said Friday it examined
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The first responders group within the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate seeks public input that can assist flood-related research and development efforts. FRG seeks answers to a set of questions about data sources, information sharing platforms
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The National Science Foundation and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space have awarded five projects a total of $1.5 million in funds to conduct fluid dynamics investigations in the International Space
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The U.S. Air Force has started to gather resources and funds to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile fleet as part of the branch’s modernization effort, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta writes
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