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 National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a new facility in Rockville, Maryland to house projects and operations of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Willie May, undersecretary for standards and technology
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The General Services Administration has unveiled its new online acquisition tool to the public designed to provide information resources to contracting officers. GSA built the Acquisition Gateway portal to help federal employees engage with
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has outlined the Pentagon’s planned investments in fiscal year 2017 as part of efforts to bolster U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps capabilities, DoD News reported Thursday. Cheryl Pellerin
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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service and the Defense Health Agency have formed a seven-year partnership to invest $5.4 billion toward the procurement of health information technology services and systems. Mary Davie,
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Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary of acquisition, technology and logistics and co-chair of the executive committee on electronic warfare, has created a new EW office within that committee, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Sydney
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The Texas Department of Public Safety has kicked off search for small surveillance balloons intended to help detect drug trafficking and smuggling on the border, Valley Central reported Friday. Dave Hendricks writes
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Jane Jarcho, national director of the investment adviser and investment company examination program within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, has added the role of OCIE deputy
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has appointed Boeing‘s Allen Adler and Corning‘s Waguih Ishak to serve three-year terms as new members of its Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. Adler, vice president
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Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) have proposed a measure to protect the due process rights of federal employees who hold sensitive roles in government. Norton said Monday the
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The U.S. Air Force has organized a new team at the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado that has been tasked to watch the U.S. military’s satellites, Defense One reported Monday.
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