COVID-19
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Business/FinancialEyeing Economic Rebound, Trump Includes Defense Leaders As Part Of Revival
Hoping to jumpstart a dramatically worsening U.S. economy, at least in some areas of the country by May 1, President Trump on Tuesday announced a Great American Economic Revival that […]
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COVID-19DoD Travel Restriction to Be Extended, Pentagon to Conduct Post-COVID-19 Review
The Defense Department plans to “modify and extend” the current stop-movement order that restricts U.S. military personnel from traveling, with a new expiration date to be announced in the next […]
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COVID-19Report For DoD Says BioThreat Requirement Demands Full-Time Interagency Attention
A report laying out a strategic vision for the Defense Department’s biological threat reduction efforts recommends they should be part of a persistent government-wide interagency mechanism that addresses the full […]
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COVID-19Congress to Remain on Recess Through Early May
Both chambers of Congress will remain on recess later than scheduled, returning no earlier than May 4, lawmakers said April 14. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced the […]
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COVID-19One Nuke Lab Starts Self-Testing Workers; Another Could Follow This Week
The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories started offering limited COVID-19 tests for its employees last week, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory could start testing this week, according to a […]
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COVID-19Pentagon Rapidly Rolling Out Teleworking Capabilities To Meet Massive Demand
The Pentagon is pushing out network equipment and secure devices by the thousands in its push to offer “maximum telework flexibility” during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday, including […]
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COVID-19COVID-19 Crisis Demonstrates Coast Guard’s Need For Modernized IT, Schultz Says
Teleworking by thousands of Coast Guard employees amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating the service’s need for a modernized information technology (IT) infrastructure, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Reopens Washington State Facilities with Extra COVID-19 Precautions
Boeing [BA] has resumed limited operations at its Puget Sound-area facilities with a focus on defense programs, with new procedures in place to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. […]
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COVID-19DoE Headquarters COVID-19 Cases Rise to Eight
The Department of Energy on Friday reported three more cases of COVID-19 among its workforce in the Washington capital region, including the first confirmed case at the agency’s Germantown, Md., […]
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ArmyArmy Seeking Ventilator Concepts To Assist In Pandemic Response
The Army is utilizing its emerging technologies competition program to find vendors capable of rapidly producing ventilators to support the coronavirus pandemic response effort. The service announced Thursday its Expeditionary […]