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NASA has selected a science mission planned for launch in 2024 that will sample, analyze, and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space. The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)...

What: First-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the WWI: Turning the Tide Forever stamp. Tickets are limited for this event. Share the news on social media using #WorldWarIStamp. When: Friday, July 27, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time...

NASA has definitized additional requirements under the Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System contract with Raytheon, IIS of Aurora, Colorado. This cost-plus award fee modification will increase the contract...

Security University (SU) is pleased to announce that the Virginia Apprenticeship Council and U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship approved its application for the SU Qualified/CyberSecurity Registered Apprenticeship Program of Mastery...

NASA has selected 10 companies to conduct studies and advance technologies to collect, process and use space-based resources for missions to the Moon and Mars. NASA placed a special emphasis on encouraging the responders to find new applications for...

The public is invited to a free talk called ' The Upper Atmosphere: Where Space Weather Meets Earth Weather,' with Dr. Sarah Jones in the Pickford Theater, third floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on June 7 from 11:30...

The 2018 GEN William G. T. Tuttle, Jr. (Ret.) Award for Business Acumen in Defense and Government was presented Tuesday, May 15th at the National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA) 34th Annual National Logistics Forum.  CAPT Matthew Lake,...

Without question, one of the most frustrating challenges that health care providers and patients must contend with is when a drug that's medically necessary and critical to patient care is unavailable due to a shortage. We know that the uncertainty...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to drop newly-appointed commissioner Tony Perkins...

Today the United Steelworkers union (USW) expressed its profound disappointment in the Trump Administration's decision to remove Canada's exemption from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products.  This decision...

After nine years with NASA and 136 days in space, Astronaut Jack Fischer is returning to the U.S. Air Force. His last day with NASA will be Thursday, May 31. "Jack brought one of the brightest minds and a great deal of...

NASA invites media to learn the latest about its national campaign to test and refine its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) technologies at 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday, June 6, at the agency's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley,...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced new regulatory guidance clarifying the longstanding 150 air-miles hours-of-service agricultural commodity exemption as well as providing...

NASA is kicking off its second Mars Ice Challenge at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Ten university teams will be challenged with extracting water from ice as NASA explores how to develop a sustainable environment for...

A NASA instrument that will measure ozone and other key pollutants over North America is seeking proposals for hosting services. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument will make...

Our system for developing new drugs is based on a careful equilibrium enshrined in legislation by Congress that seeks to balance access with innovation. That system enables market-based rewards for novel innovation as a...

Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) released the following statement from its Executive Director, Carl Blake, in response to today's announcement that Peter O'Rourke, who previously served as Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief of Staff has...

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) was awarded a Fire Prevention & Safety Grant (FP&S) from the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA). The organization will use the funding to develop a...

Time and time again, we're reminded that disease knows no borders. While our globalized world and modern transportation helps promote economic prosperity, these features also provide an easier platform for the spread of emerging infectious diseases....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first stand-alone prosthetic iris in the United States, a surgically implanted device to treat adults and children whose iris (the colored part of the eye around the pupil) is completely...

For patients with serious or immediately life-threatening diseases, the FDA remains committed to enhancing access to promising investigational medicines for those unable to access products through clinical trials. This is the mission of our expanded...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to drop a former leader of a designated anti-Muslim hate group from its National Security...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) today announced new members of its leadership for 2018-2019. The IAC membership has elected Paul Strasser (Executive Vice President, DSA Inc.)...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of Xeljanz (tofacitinib) to include adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Xeljanz is the first oral medication approved for chronic use in this indication....

As part of the agency's ongoing commitment to address the epidemic of opioid misuse and abuse, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched an innovation challenge to spur the development of medical devices, including digital health...

Bloomberg Government has launched a predicted value solution to give clients a competitive edge for evaluating contract opportunities released by the federal government. Bloomberg Government clients have always had access to the most comprehensive...

NASA will host a media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, June 4, on the agency's mission to explore Earth's ionosphere and the processes there that impact life on Earth's surface. The event will air live on NASA Television, the agency's website and...

Three of the crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission on the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, June 3. A few days later, another trio of space travelers will depart for the station on a launch...

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released the following statement today on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) $43 billion score of point-of-sale rebates in Medicare Part D. CBO's score is the latest in a series of official...

President Trump is attempting to silence the voice of veterans, law enforcement officers, and other frontline federal workers through a series of executive orders intended to strip federal employees of their decades-old right to representation at the...

NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program,...

NASA has exercised options under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two additional Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate approved the MISSION Act ? with a strong vote of 92-5. This legislation is considered one of the largest and most comprehensive reform bills ever passed. The bill, expected to be signed quickly into law by President...

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday's signing of Space Policy Directive-2 by President Donald Trump: "NASA is pleased with the White House's continued commitment to advancing...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Palynziq (pegvaliase-pqpz) for adults with a rare and serious genetic disease known as phenylketonuria (PKU). Patients with PKU are born with an inability to break down phenylalanine (Phe), an...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of Imagen OsteoDetect, a type of computer-aided detection and diagnosis software designed to detect wrist fractures in adult patients. "Artificial...

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2018 /PR Newswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its analysis of President Trump's proposed budget for Fiscal 2019. Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition,...

AJC applauds the 120 members of Congress from both sides of the aisle who signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging his swift appointment of a new State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. At a time when...

SBA Administrator Linda McMahon voiced enthusiastic support for the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Trump Thursday morning. McMahon attended the bill signing...

The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of David Garcia for governor of Arizona. "David Garcia understands that working people in Arizona and across the country have been getting...

NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Andrew Morgan have been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. Both Koch and Morgan were selected as NASA astronauts in 2013. Koch has been assigned to Expedition...

Need help paying bills and covering basic living expenses? If you have a low income or are experiencing financial hardship, there are several federal government benefit programs that may be able to help you pay for food,...

NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). Called the Wide Field Instrument...

The U.S. Senate voted today to confirm Brian Montgomery as the next assistant secretary for Housing. The vote comes six months after the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee approved Montgomery's initial nomination for FHA...

NASA and industry partners will visit New Hampshire May 30-31, to highlight the work being done across the state to build the agency's new, deep-space rocket and crew vehicle, the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. SLS will enable a new era of...

The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), with the assistance of Cooley LLP, today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for refusing to release critical animal welfare records...

Connecticut-based United Technologies today announced it will hire 35,000 people and make a $15 billion investment in the U.S. over the next five years. The company announced it will inject an additional $75 billion into communities nationwide...

The Pew Charitable Trusts today praised the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for formally encouraging banks to offer their customers safe, affordable small-dollar installment loans. Millions of American adults, many of whom are low...

Steve Miley has been named associate director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Marshall, one of NASA's largest field installations, has almost 6,000 civil service and contract personnel, an...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that over-the-counter teething products containing benzocaine pose a serious risk to infants and children. The agency today announced that OTC oral health products containing the pain...