Bob Fortna, vice president of federal defense sector at Juniper Networks, has prescribed five practices he says are necessary to build the data center of the future. Fortna wrote in an opinion
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Eric Fanning is set to resign as acting Army secretary while the Senate Armed Services Committee has yet to hold a confirmation hearing for his nomination to the post, Defense News reported
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Larry Allen, founder and president of Allen Federal Business Partners, has said government acquisition officials should monitor spending on services in order to manage procurement processes in the federal government. Allen wrote in
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The Naval Research Laboratory has partnered with the Pennsylvania State University’s Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy Lab to demonstrate algorithmic methods for telemetry data exchange between two soaring unmanned aerial vehicles. NRL
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is set to discuss a number of bills intended to change the rules on Senior Executive Service accountability and paid leaves, Federal News Radio reported
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The General Services Administration has proposed a rule that would amend a section in the Federal Travel Regulation to include ATM fees under incidental expenses rather than miscellaneous expenses. A notice posted Friday
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Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said the Defense Department should tolerate risks through experimentation when it comes to the acquisition of new technology platforms, FCW reported Thursday.
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Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, director of surface warfare (N96) at the U.S. Navy, has said the service branch is working to analyze capability gaps to prepare for its procurement of the Future Surface Combatant slated
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The Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a new method to help the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection agency reduce the number of nuisance alarms that radiation
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President Barack Obama is considering U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson as his nomination to the leadership post at U.S. Northern Command, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes Robinson previously served as deputy
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