US confirms it has shot down a Chinese balloon in American airspace which it says was being used for surveillance
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BREAKING: The FAA has temporarily closed three airports along the Carolina coastline as the Biden administration considers a plan to shoot down a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on the U.S. military.
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BREAKING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will postpone his high-stakes weekend trip to China. This follows the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western U.S.
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Breaking news: China sent a high-altitude spy balloon over one of the most sensitive U.S. military sites to gather intelligence, Pentagon says, just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing.
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IBM, NASA Will Use AI to Improve Climate Change Research
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Excited to have an article of mine featured in The Washington Post’s Cyber 202 newsletter! The article: nextgov.com/emerging-tech/
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As NASA gears up for more Artemis missions, it is using the moon as a test bed to explore further into space, including sending humans to Mars which the agency expects to do in the next 20 years.
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Say hello to the new Space Bureau at the FCC.
Just as the agency helped with the launch of the first communications satellite 60 years ago, we are now helping ensure the FCC can support new space activity and US leadership in the growing space economy.
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NASA space tech helping to detect and track CO2 emissions down to the source level.
Onwards - new journey as Chief Technologist at in Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), looking forward to working w/ NASA Administrator , Deputy Administrator , OTPS Associate Administrator , & all of NASA
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Orbital debris - or space junk - is becoming a growing concern the government is trying to address.
This will become increasingly important as there are more than 5,000 satellites in orbit today, and an estimated 58,000 by 2030.
Facing a cyber workforce shortage, the government needs to increase ways to recruit talent, such as through apprenticeships as well as aptitude and development-based assessments, experts say.
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Here Are the Major Takeaways From the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill
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Lawmakers Highlight Cyber, New Tech and Space in Proposed Spending Bill
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House Lawmakers Introduce Legislation on Space Situational Awareness
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Data infrastructure needs to change to better support evidence-based policies, experts say. We need to move from surveys to leverage technology, big data and blending data—or combining data from multiple sources.
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Future Astronaut Suits Could Feature Augmented Reality
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BREAKING NEWS: This is an announcement that has been decades in the making.
On December 5, 2022 a team from DOE's made history by achieving fusion ignition.
This breakthrough will change the future of clean power and America’s national defense forever.
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House Bill a First in Decades Effort to Modernize Satellite License Rules
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NASA testing technology to last in the extreme cold on the moon - as low as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit - without heaters
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Pentagon Awards $9B Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle
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Wherein & break down what tech & cyber made it -- and didn't make it -- into the reconciled NDAA. More here:
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We may see roads and habitats on the moon one day as part of NASA’s goal for long-term lunar presence
An audit found ICE needs to update its data systems to lessen the risk of foreign governments stealing U.S. technology from universities via international students. Story by
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Curious what government Chief Innovation Officers do? “Question the status quo”- to start, while looking at how their agency can use tech like AI and quantum computing. Read more at:
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New Satellite Will Allow First-Ever Observation of Nearly All of Earth’s Water
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No ‘Specific or Credible’ Cyber Threats Affected Integrity of Midterms, CISA Says
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What a Divided Government Could Mean for Tech Policy
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Check out my first time hosting ’s Critical Update podcast. This season is all about data. In this episode we discuss data usability, knowledge management and much more
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Was great to go to #mediafest22 to see the keynote from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and to attend sessions on interviewing, investigating the privatization of public services and more. Learned a lot! Thanks
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Excited to be at #MediaFest22 for Georgetown’s - enjoying the panels and connecting with others here!
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“We are to remain flexible because our nation’s challenges will continue to evolve,” PIF Director Rebeca Lamadrid said.
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This just in: The #DARTmission impact is confirmed to have changed the orbit of moonlet Dimorphos around its asteroid Didymos.
For the first time ever, humans changed the motion of a celestial object. More details: go.nasa.gov/3g2C5kp
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State Department names new chief information officer to lead 2,700 IT professionals
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State Department Awards Verizon $1.58B IT Modernization Contract
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With more than 4,800 satellites in space (& many in low-Earth orbit) the new rule significantly shortens the window to deorbit satellites after the end of a mission, in an attempt to reduce space debris, but this change worried lawmakers
Federal Agencies Still Face Several Cloud Challenges, Watchdog Says
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NASA's #Crew5 mission to the is now scheduled to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Oct. 4, as we continue to monitor the impacts of Hurricane Ian. Follow our Crew-5 blog for the latest mission updates: go.nasa.gov/3RjTfqy
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Last night, NASA demonstrated that humans may have a defense against asteroids hitting Earth after a targeted collision with Dimorphos
