A gunman killed a federal security officer and wounded a deputy U.S. marshal when he opened fire at a federal courthouse in Las Vegas this morning. Law enforcement officers then shot and killed the gunman. The U.S. Marshals Service said he appears to have acted alone. The wounded marshal was hospitalized.
Monthly Archives: January, 2010
The General Services Administration just released the 2010 mileage reimbursement rates for federal employees using private vehicles: Automobiles (if no government vehicle is available): $0.50 per mile Motorcycles: $0.47 per mile Airplanes: $1.29 per mile If a government-owned car is available, but an employee chooses to drive his own car instead, the mileage reimbursement rate drops considerably to $0.285 per mile. If an employee agrees to use a federal car but later backs out, the rate drops even further to $0.125 per mile. Those rates went into effect Jan. 1. But there’s no word yet on what kind of mileage reimbursement rate DARPA’s…
What do “The Jetsons” and “The Transformers” have in common? DARPA! USA Today reports that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for ideas to develop a flying car, not unlike those seen on the 1960s cartoon show, the Jetsons. The project, dubbed “Transformer (TX),” which USA Today muses is reminiscent of the 1980s cartoon where robots morphed into vehicles and saved the day, will: Demonstrate a 1 to 4 person transportation vehicle that can drive and fly, thus enabling the warfighter to avoid water, difficult terrain, and road obstructions as well as IED and ambush threats. The vehicle…