Sarah Zabel, vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, believes the Defense Department should go beyond smartphones in its mobility programs, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Greg Otto writes the Air Force major general
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Michael Witherell, vice chancellor for research at the University of California Santa Barbara, has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to serve as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Witherell
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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said the Energy Department plans to award $50 million in funds to support the development of vehicle technologies that support efforts to achieve fuel efficiency and reduce
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The U.S. Navy and Agriculture Department have marked the launch of an alternative energy program with the deployment of the USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group during a Naval Air Station North
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Homeland Security to create milestones and time frames for the development of an assessment framework with regard to the implementation of a biometric exit system
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has kicked off a national simulation-based robotics competition in an effort to help further the development of agile robots. The Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin the initial deployment of facial comparison technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport to verify the identity of some travelers entering the U.S. CBP said
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The U.S. Army intends to evaluate a new suite of tactical network operations tools designed to help soldiers manage voice, data and video communications in the battlefield. An updated NetOps toolset is scheduled to
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National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers has engaged with companies in efforts to identify how they can help disrupt terrorist groups’ exploitation of social media, according to an Atlantic Council blog
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Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, principal military deputy to the U.S. Army acquisitions chief, has said that a “whole government” approach and an increased decision-making authority for the services will help efforts to reform defense
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