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Lori Garver — Deputy Administrator, NASA

NASA says this time is the charm: after several delays, the first commercial space flight is set to launch on Saturday. A capsule built by the company SpaceX will take off from Cape Canaveral and head to the International Space Station. If successful…it will be a milestone in NASA’s plan to replace its space shuttle program with commercial carriers.

NASA takes one giant leap into commerical space flight

Evan Lesser — Managing Director, ClearanceJobs.com

Feds who need security clearances are getting them more quickly. A recent study by ClearanceJobs.com shows more than half of the people who received their final clearance waited an average of four months a 30-day improvement from 2010. Evan Lesser shed light on why the process is speeding up.

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Thursday morning federal headlines – May 17, 2012

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