President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Richard Clarke is the former U.S. national coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism and served in a number of other national security roles during his career. Clarke most recently served as
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Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have moved to oppose the Defense Department spending bill as debates over legislative amendments continue, Defense News reported Sunday. John Bennett writes the National Defense
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The General Services Administrationâs crowdsourcing website has been selected one of the finalists for the Innovations in American Government Award, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Charles Clark writes Challenge.gov is among the top five
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The U.S. government has moved to defer online health insurance exchanges for small businesses by one year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Molly Ball writes businesses with less than 50 workers can buy insurance
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A report from think tank Center for American Progress has warned of a tougher federal budget environment if the second round of sequestration goes into effect in early 2014, Federal Times reported
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has moved to align how the agency plans to acquire commercial infrastructure services with requirements of Defense Department customers, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. DISA adjusted its
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Juan Zarate serves as senior adviser of transnational threats, homeland security and counterterrorism programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Zarate most recently worked to implement U.S. counterterrorism and security
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Rear Adm. Katherine Gregory has been commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of civil engineers since Oct. 26, 2012. She was most recently the commander of Naval Facilities Engineering
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Darren Dick formerly served as deputy staff director of the House Intelligence Committee from January 2011 to July 2013. He served as deputy staff director and counsel for the Senate Intelligence Committee
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Gemma Berdahl serves as procurement executive at the CIA, where she is responsible for that agencyâs acquisition system. Berdahl leads a team of contracting employees in helping CIA components such as the National
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