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A view of Department of Energy headquarters on Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Dawn Zimmer returns to acting Energy CIO after SpaceX engineer’s short tenure

Zimmer is filling the CIO position for the second time since Inauguration Day after Ryan Riedel briefly took on the role overseeing the department's $4.3 billion IT…

Mar 10, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

A Starlink device connects the 155th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine brigade to the internet on Feb. 9, 2025 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. The 155th Brigade has been trained by the French Armed Forces. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Customs and Border Protection is exploring use of Elon Musk’s Starlink

The agency’s interest in the Musk-owned satellite internet service comes as he continues to earn more government business and exert more control in the Trump administration.

Feb 27, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

Energy CIO replaced with SpaceX engineer as DOGE probes department’s systems

Dawn Zimmer, who joined Energy in November as deputy CIO and has been acting CIO since January, has been replaced by a network engineer from SpaceX, the…

Feb 7, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity returns to earth after the mothership separated at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Virgin Galactic and others become operational with FAA’s space-age air traffic tool

The tool has run into challenges, as documents obtained by FedScoop helped elucidate last year.

Jun 26, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Satellite dish sky sunset communication technology network — The growth of satellites and cloud-enabled ground stations is unleashing a new era of space industrialization.

How Azure Orbital and the cloud are expanding our worldview

A new report highlights how the convergence of space and cloud technologies contributes to a ‘supernova’ of new space-based Earth-observation capabilities — and benefits for federal and…

Feb 6, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

Sen. Chuck Schumer — Sen. Charles Schumer (Senate Democrats / Flickr)

Sen. Schumer to host Musk, Zuckerberg and other tech CEOs for closed-door AI forum

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Aug 30, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

A Skydio 2 drone in flight. (Image credit: Skydio)

USAID delivers drones to Ukraine to help document war crimes

The nine autonomous drones were a donation from U.S. manufacturer Skydio and will be used by Ukraine’s prosecutor general.

Jul 27, 2023 By Madison Alder

A solar spot in the centre of the Sun is captured from which the first X-class flare was emitted in four years on February 14, 2011.(Image by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory via Getty Images)

Geomagnetic storm expected to pass with minimal impact on agencies’ satellites, comms

The Space Weather Prediction Center expected moderate conditions at worst from the storm as of 10:11 a.m. EST.

Aug 18, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on NASA’s fiscal year 2022 budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

NASA won’t rush Mars mission over U.S. ‘space race’ with China

“The Chinese space program is also a military space program,” said Administrator Bill Nelson on Wednesday.

Jul 21, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

NASA embracing automation in move to zero-trust security architecture

The move to enterprisewide telework has the agency embracing commercial support for its threat analysts.

Aug 21, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir