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
Daniel Murdock, former industry professional practice director at Deloitte & Touche LLP, has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission as deputy chief accountant. Murdock succeeds Paul Beswick, who was named chief accountant,
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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has released a report that shows several public safety operations have been delayed amid the government shutdown, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) entered weekend negotiations with other Senate leaders as open to replacing the sequestration budget cuts with other plans as part of a debt ceiling compromise, Defense
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NASA recently picked 770 proposals for space exploration hardware and applications from  9,147 participants in an April competition, GCN reported Wednesday. NASA conducted the event across 48 countries for two days and
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The Defense Logistics Agency wants to build up its legacy parts data warehouse in order to address the supply shortage from various contractors, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. The logistics agency intends to
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The Defense Department is looking to evaluate existing commercial electronic health record technologies as the agency intends to replace its old EHR systems. An Oct. 1 solicitation calls on interested contractors to demonstrate their
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The Central Intelligence Agency has started calling back civilian employees furloughed amid the government shutdown as the agency looks to fulfill its core operations, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. John Walcott writes CIA Director
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The National Nuclear Security Administration is preparing to cease operations at New Mexico-based Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories should the government shutdown continue to Oct. 21, ABQJournal reported Wednesday. James Monteleone
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Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has said he could introduce a cybersecurity bill soon that will mandate companies and the government to share cyber attack data, The Hill reported Tuesday. Brendan Sasso writes
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Information technology contractors for federal agencies are grappling with hiring and compliance difficulties during ongoing government shutdown, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes the Commerce Departmentâs Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has closed
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