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 Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $784,421 in grants to four organizations to support the development of new technologies the VA believes could help veterans and crew members modify their adapted homes. Auburn University,
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The Transportation Department plans to grant $60 million in funding to agencies and organizations that could develop transportation technologies as part of a program toward improved travel safety and performance. DOT said Tuesday the Federal
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The Government Accountability Office has identified several vulnerabilities in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ technical controls for systems that support the federal health insurance marketplace. GAO said Wednesday it found insufficient
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The National Weather Service has opened a new weather service equipment repair facility in Missouri that is leased by the General Services Administration. The 222,000 square-foot building in Grandview will house a
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House appropriators have drafted new legislation that seeks to limit some healthcare-related funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs until the VA certifies the interoperability of its electronic health records with the Defense
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The U.S. Border Patrol has confirmed the Integrated Fixed Tower program for further deployment as part of efforts to address operational requirements and protect the U.S. border. Border Patrol announced the certification
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The U.S. Army has paused its plan to convert the airborne brigade combat team in the Pacific into a smaller task force in an effort to help address global threats, Army Times reported
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David Shields, managing director for procurement transformation and category management at ASI Government, has advocated for category management as a way to transform how government agencies purchase goods and services. Shields wrote in a blog
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Institutes of Health‘s National Cancer Institute have devised a new program to train big data scientists as part of an effort to help improve
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The Office of Management and Budget has called for additional work on the part of federal agencies in order to further defend federal systems, networks and data from threats. OMB said Friday
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