SBA Taps 21 Partners to Support Agency’s Small Biz Innovation Programs The Small Business Administration has awarded $325,000 in grant funds to 21 organizations to assist the agency in efforts to help entrepreneurs get more involved in the government’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs…

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Navy, Coast Guard Plan New Joint Polar Icebreaker Office; Charles Michel Comments The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard plan to create a joint program office that will be responsible for the acquisition of a new polar icebreaker, Navy Times reported Thursday. The chief of staff for Rep…

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Deloitte Report: Global Defense, Aerospace Sector Hit $674B in 2015 Revenues A Deloitte report says the global defense and aerospace sector recorded a 3.8 percent growth rate in 2015 and generated $674.4 billion in total revenues. The consulting firm said Thursday revenue in the worldwide defense subsector rose 1…

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DoD Program Implements SteelCloud’s Automated STIG Remediation Software A cross-service tactical program of the Defense Department has deployed SteelCloud‘s automated remediation platform to drive compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guide standards…

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Rear Adm. Charles Richard Nominated as US Strategic Command Deputy Commander President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Charles Richard, director of the undersea warfare division (N97) at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, as deputy commander of the U.S…

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GAO: VA, DoD Need Outcome-Oriented Goals for EHR Systems Interoperability The Government Accountability Office has said the departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs have not defined outcome-oriented goals and metrics to support interoperability between both entities’ electronic health records systems…

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MRIGlobal to Lead Team of Scientists for Tularemia Vaccine Development The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded MRIGlobal a five-year, $6.2 million contract to lead a team of scientists from the U.S., Canada and Sweden to create a vaccine for Tularemia, a disease that can be contracted by both humans and animals…

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NASA, USAID Launch West Africa Environmental Monitoring Center The U.S. Agency for International Development and NASA have launched SERVIR-West Africa, an environmental monitoring program in Niamey, Niger, that will work to address the climate-sensitive issues of the region through space-based observations…

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Senate Confirms Carla Hayden as Library of Congress Head Carla Hayden, formerly CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, has received Senate confirmation to become the new head of the Library of Congress, the Baltimore Sun reported Friday. John Fritze writes the Senate voted 74-18 in favor of Hayden after the Senate Rules Committee approved her nomination in June…

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Ashton Carter: US to Maintain Financial Commitment, Force Presence in Afghanistan Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters in Kabul that the U.S. will continue its financial support for Afghanistan’s security forces as well as retain U.S. military presence in the country through 2017, DoD News reported Wednesday…

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