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Peter Marquez, former White House official, has joined Amazon Web Services as head of space policy, CNBC reported Thursday.
Read More »Peter Marquez Named AWS Space Policy Head
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: Innovation is Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday. Brooks discussed the federal government's development of its cyber workforce, upskilling and reskilling federal workers as well as addressing the ongoing challenge of cybersecurity workforce requirements. You can read Chuck Brooks' latest GovCon Expert below: Innovation is Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
Read More »OSTP, NSF, DOE Announce $1B Investment to Set Up AI, Quantum Research Hubs; Michael Kratsios Quoted
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation have announced that they will invest more than $1B to help build 12 research institutes focused on artificial intelligence and quantum information science.
Read More »Michael Kratsios Appointed Acting DoD Undersecretary for Research, Engineering
Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, has been named acting undersecretary of research and engineering at the Department of Defense.
Read More »Trump Admin to Block Agencies From Contractors Using Products From Five Chinese Firms
The White House plans to complete this week regulations that would ban U.S. government agencies from procuring goods and services from contractors that use telecommunications equipment and other products from five China-based companies, Reuters reported Thursday.
Read More »Defense Contractors Ask Government to Backfill DoD Money Used to Cover COVID-19 Expenses
The CEOs of eight defense contractors wrote separate letters to the White House and the Department of Defense saying that the money sourced from DoD’s budget to help companies retain highly skilled employees during the COVID-19 pandemic should be replaced with new funds to prevent military modernization programs from being jeopardized, Reuters reported Thursday.
Read More »Pentagon Unveils Resilience Plan as Military, Employees Return to Normal Operations
The Department of Defense’s office of the chief management officer has released a five-phased plan to provide guidance to commanders and supervisors as they prepare military personnel, government civilian employees and contractors to return to normal operations while ensuring their safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Brett McGurk Named Primer Independent Board Director; Sue Gordon Appointed Strategic Adviser
Primer has added federal service veterans Brett McGurk and Sue Gordon to the San Francisco-based data analysis automation company's board as an independent director and a strategic adviser, respectively.
Read More »President Trump to Tap Army Vet Anthony Tata as DoD Policy Chief
President Donald Trump will nominate Anthony Tata, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, as undersecretary for policy at the Department of Defense following John Rood's resignation in February, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Read More »House OKs Potential $484B Emergency Relief Package
The House on Thursday passed a potential $484B emergency relief package that would provide additional funds for small businesses and expand COVID-19 testing efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Hill reported Thursday. The measure brings the country’s total coronavirus pandemic response dollars to approximately $2.8T and includes $310B in additional funds for the Paycheck Protection Program, $75B for hospitals and $25B for COVID-19 testing.
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