President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal would allocate approximately $20 billion for NASA and cancel the space agency’s funding of the International Space Station in 2025, Nextgov reported Monday. The proposal
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Gary Washington, acting chief information officer of the Agriculture Department over the past five months, has been appointed to the CIO role on a permanent basis, MeriTalk reported Thursday. In that role, he established
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Charles Rettig, a more than 35-year tax attorney, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Internal Revenue Service. The White House said Thursday Rettig would serve the remainder of a five-year
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Elaine Duke, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has told lawmakers that the lack of a long-term budget limits DHS’ capacity to carry out major programs and lessens manpower needed to address
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The House voted 245-182 Tuesday to pass a continuing resolution that would authorize a full-year budget for the Defense Department and maintain current funding levels for civilian agencies through March 23, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday.
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NASA has conducted a ground demonstration of a robotic arm designed to perform spacecraft assembly operations in areas beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The Tension Actuated in Space MANipulator or TALISMAN demonstrated its basic function
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Jerome Powell was sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve System’s board of governors Monday, two months after President Donald Trump nominated him to the position. The Federal Reserve said Monday Vice Chairman
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The General Services Administration has introduced a proposed rule that would direct civilian contractors to comply with a National Institute of Standards and Technology framework that aims to protect controlled unclassified information
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NASA has chosen two research projects to build space instruments that will study Arctic warming and the effects of mineral dust on the atmosphere. The space agency said Tuesday it selected the Polar
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Ralph Goodale, Canadian minister for public safety and emergency preparedness, met with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in Washington to discuss U.S.-Canada cooperation on efforts to safeguard both countries against national security threats.
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