An Independence variant littoral combat ship named the Coronado was delivered to the U.S. Navy on September 27. It is the second littoral ship to be delivered to the Navy and was constructed by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and Austal, who all attended the delivery ceremony. There are currentlyRead… Read more »
If the government were to shutdown due to Congress not passing a spending bill next week, 41 percent of the federal government’s workforce will shutdown as well, according to USA Today. 59 percent of the non-defense workforce will be exempt from the shutdown, according to the Federal Daily. These numbers come from an analysis ofRead… Read more »
NASA and the International Exploration Coordination Group has released a white paper that speaks to the benefits of the human exploration of space, according to a NASA statement. The paper was a result of space agencies participating in the ISECG and their continued dialogue about investment in missions and activities. Some of the benefits ofRead… Read more »
Dr. Robert A Petzel will retire in 2014 after a four year term as Undersecretary of Health and the Veterans Administration is convening a commission to recommend candidates to succeed him. The VA is required by law to convene the commission and is doing it prior to Petzel’s retirement because the process could potentially takeRead… Read more »
NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has crossed into the uncharted territory of interstellar space after travelling in space for more than three decades. The spacecraft is approximately 12 billion miles from Earth and is the first ever human-made object to leave the the solar system, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory said Thursday. Data collected from VoyagerRead… Read more »
Government Contractors are attempting to find work communicating with U.S. citizens about healthcare exchanges. One of the ways these companies will interact with citizens on behalf og governments is to operate customer service centers. An example, MAXIMUS recently opened a center in Maryland, which will help citizens with questions about enrolling in a health plan.Read… Read more »
In a recent infographic on Wonkblog, Ezra Klein clearly illustrates the nuclear stockpiles of countries which possess nuclear weapons. According to Klein, The U.S. and Russia lead the way with 94 percent of all nuclear arms being held between them. Russia has 8,500 warheads and the U.S. has 7,700 missiles. There is a big dropRead… Read more »