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U.S. State Department

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The U.S. State Department formally blamed Russia for a late February cyberattack on Viasat's KA-SAT satellite internet network.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMay 19, 2022U.S. Space Force to step up protection of satellite ground systems in the wake of Russia’s cyber attacks

Valda Vikmanis-Keller is the director of the Office of Space Affairs at the U.S. State Department and gave a presentation at the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on 2022-05-03.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2022Colombia signs Artemis Accords

The State Space Agency of Ukraine and the U.S. State Department established a working group to identify issues that could be implemented by contractual relations with new partners to help Ukraine compensate for the loss of Russian markets.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2022From the archives | An untethered Ukraine seeks new orbits for its space industry

NASA and the U.S. Department of State formally announced Bahrain’s signing of the Artemis Accords on 2022-03-07.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2022Bahrain joins Artemis Accords

SpaceX provides information to the U.S. State Department to support notifications intended for China about potential close approaches.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralFeb 15, 2022China proposes formal lines of communication with U.S. on space safety

Vice President Kamala Harris directed NASA and the U.S. Department of State to expand participation in the Artemis Accords.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralDec 1, 2021Space Council condemns “irresponsible” Russian ASAT test

A historical review found no evidence that James Webb oversaw policies to purge LGBTQ employees while at the State Department.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2021NASA defends decision to retain JWST name

Allegations exist that James Webb, while at NASA and earlier at the State Department, supported discrimination against LGBTQ people, including a 1963 case involving the arrest, interrogation, and firing of a NASA employee for being homosexual.

Mentioned as: State DepartmentOrg RelationshipJul 6, 2021JWST passes launch review

Infotech provides field staff with configurable mobile apps to manage data collection and inspection activities for digital delivery of civil infrastructure including Federal and State Department of Transportation projects.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralJun 24, 2021Trimble and Infotech to streamline inspection measurement workflows for civil infrastructure projects

Peraton’s Global Defense & Security sector incorporates several new programs from the acquisition that expand the company’s support to the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security.

Mentioned as: Department of StateOrg RelationshipFeb 5, 2021Peraton Re-Aligns The Company + Executive Responsibilities

The U.S. State Department characterized Russia’s 2020-12-15 action as the latest in a disturbing pattern of ongoing irresponsible space activities and linked anti-satellite missile testing and provocative on-orbit behavior to an urgent need to develop and implement norms of responsible behavior in outer space.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralDec 16, 2020Space Force official: Russian missile tests expose vulnerability of low-orbiting satellites

The U.S. Department of State will continue to work with responsible spacefaring nations to develop norms of responsible behavior in outer space and to confront threats to U.S., allied, and partner interests in outer space.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative PlanDec 16, 2020Space Force official: Russian missile tests expose vulnerability of low-orbiting satellites

The White House issued an 2020-04-06 executive order directing the State Department to lead interagency efforts to encourage other countries to adopt the American position that public and private organizations have the right to use space resources.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMay 15, 2020NASA announces Artemis Accords for international cooperation in lunar exploration

An 2020-04-06 executive order directed the U.S. State Department to seek international support for the U.S. view that companies or governments that extract space resources hold the rights to those resources.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMay 6, 2020Bridenstine ties international cooperation on Artemis to norms of behavior in space

The U.S.-China Civil Space Dialogue is being planned in the March 2020 timeframe and is co-chaired for the U.S. by the State Department.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2020U.S., China set for spring Civil Space Dialogue on exploration, science

The State Department was planning to host the U.S.-China Civil Space Dialogue during the first half of 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralJan 20, 2020U.S., China set for spring Civil Space Dialogue on exploration, science

Vincent Boles is co-chair of the local organizing committee for the 2019 IAC and his committee started working with the U.S. State Department 18 months before the conference to ensure visas would be ready for attendees.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2019International Astronautical Congress brings space world, and political issues, to Washington

The U.S. State Department released a fact sheet on 2019-05-27 that stated the United States and Japan agreed on the importance of a sustained human presence on and around the moon.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentNarrative GeneralMay 29, 2019U.S. and Japan to cooperate on return to the moon

At the National Space Council meeting in Huntsville, Alabama on 2019-03-26, the Commerce Department committed to join the State Department for a two-day Space Enterprise Summit in Washington to address space industry competitiveness.

Mentioned as: U.S. State DepartmentOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2019Commerce Department seeks to increase American space industry’s global competitiveness

U.S. government agencies spent two years discussing interference limits for the 24 GHz band before the FCC, with State Department backing, opted to retain the interference limits it established decades ago.

Mentioned as: State DepartmentOrg RelationshipMar 27, 20195G trumps meteorology as FCC rebuffs NASA, NOAA call to halt auction
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