NASA
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NASA engineer and Sammies finalist Othmane Benafan found a way to produce a miracle metal in quantities large enough to build an airplane shape-shifting wings.
June 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command started wide-scale implementation of the Cyber Excepted Service this month.
May 31, 2019 -
As agencies attempt to get creative to address skills gaps and other vacancies, the Commission on Military, National and Public Service heard stories from agency leaders who described how they repeatedly ran into the boundaries of their current personnel and human capital systems.
May 23, 2019 -
Buzz about artificial intelligence has led to increased spending and put several Trump administration directives in motion, but only a handful of agencies have gotten into the early stages of AI adoption.
May 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new Gallup poll shows three in four Americans say USPS is doing a good or excellent job.
May 14, 2019 -
NASA Ames Research Center scientist Nick Cramer broke down efforts to engineer airplane wings with ultralight materials on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics wants feedback on whether it should set restrictions on donations to legal expense funds for federal employees.
April 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows it would cost the military more money to create new pilots, rather than trying to retain the ones it currently has.
April 09, 2019 -
Working with UiPath, NASA set up four bots that automatically begin processing grant applications for the employees.
April 02, 2019 -
Now that the 2020 president's budget request is out, Congress spent the past week hearing from several agencies about their respective plans. Catch up on the questions and answers given by various officials.
March 29, 2019 -
NASA’s 2020 budget request includes some pretty big projects, including missions to return to the moon and travel to Mars. But projects at that scale will require some changes to how NASA manages them.
March 29, 2019 -
The Trump administration is asking for 2020 funding for IT modernization at both for governmentwide and specific agency needs.
March 11, 2019 -
Members of Congress may be rude, but the Government Accountability Office, the federal oversight agency, sticks to the facts.
March 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the last government shutdown, in an upcoming disaster relief package.
March 11, 2019 -
With the resumption of moon missions and plans to launch people to Mars, sustaining life and good health in space and for a long time is becoming a federal priority.
March 11, 2019