If there is one term that has punctuated government contracting in 2018, it is “OTA.” The use of OTAs or “other transaction authority” agreements has…
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Two Chinese nationals conducted a massive, multi-year effort to steal information from U.S. companies, government outfits — even Navy personnel according to the Department of…
Limits on forensics specialists’ ability to recapture employee data from agency-issued smartphones have prompted the FBI to change its acquisition decisions, a redacted report from the Justice…
If anyone is going to remind you about tax season, it might as well be a pink flamingo. That’s the idea behind a new account…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will mount a resupply mission to the International Space Station today (Dec. 5), following a one-day delay due to moldy mouse food. (The…
Just about everyone knows Secret Service agents for the pins they wear on their lapels. They are one component of the larger system used to…
Currently, Secret Service agents at the White House are shown pictures of people who might be a threat, and instructed to look out for them.…
The U.S. military will request more money to develop lasers, microwave beams, and other directed-energy defenses to fight off missiles and drone swarms, the Pentagon’s…
Healthcare.gov was a disaster. The site delivering former U.S. president Barack Obama’s signature healthcare plan failed catastrophically (paywall) when it launched in 2013. To fix it, a team…
As an international relations scholar who studies space law and policy, I have come to realize what most people do not fully appreciate: Dealing with…
The drones and chips that U.S. manufacturers can sell commercially are about to become a lot more capable. The State Department has announced that it…
In November 2000, some 250 miles above Earth, a capsule carrying one American and two Russians docked to the International Space Station (ISS). A hatch…