Mike McCord serves as the under secretary of defense (comptroller) / chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Defense. He serves as the principal staff assistant and adviser to the secretary of
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the Metro’s Silver Line construction to Dulles International Airport would be the model for future projects in the country, WTOP reports. Speaking at the 30th Anniversary
MorePresident Barack Obama is indirectly ordering agencies to cut jargon and generally make contracts and business agreements more comprehensible, according to the Washington Business Journal. The Jill R. Aitoro article says a
MoreThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information and the Department of Veterans Affairs has asked for help from experts to develop the standards and pilot the technology for the planned
MoreThe Pentagon wants to have more authority in acting outside its computer networks against cyber-attacks on critical computer systems, the Washington Post reports. The Ellen Nakashima article says Pentagon officials are lobbying
MoreThe Government Accountability Office issued a report on Aug. 1, auditing progress at the three agencies concerned with wartime contracting reforms, reports Matthew Weigelt for Washington Technology. The departments of Defense and State
MoreIDC Government Insights found that despite the growing demand for cloud services in government agencies, many employees aren’t sure what these services will mean to them specifically and their organization. Shawn McCarthy,
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security wants to develop a wireless service for synchronizing public safety communications nationwide, NextGov reports. Aliya Sternstein writes that DHS’ security science and technology directorate‘s $8 million research
MoreRepublican members of Congress are in an uproar over a Labor Department memo issued last week, which said defense contractors are not required to send layoff notices to employees whose jobs might
MorePresident Obama has nominated Rear Admiral James Syring to serve as director of the Missile Defense Agency, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Monday. Syring currently serves as program executive officer for integrated
MoreNASA has signed Space Act Agreements with three firms, worth a combined $1.1 billion, to continue designing and developing new commercial space transportation vehicles. The agency said the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability program
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