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
The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would increase the military’s pay by 1.8 percent in 2014, Govexec reported Wednesday. Kellie Lunney writes that Congress voted 315-109 on July 24 in favor
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The U.S. General Services Administration has selected the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to assess third-party reviews of cloud computing providers under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP approach
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop an unmanned vehicle system to deploy unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles during military operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. John Keller
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Rep. Darrell Issa, Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, has issued amendments to his legislation that seeks to revamp the financial management of the U.S. Postal Service, Federal News Radio reports. Jack
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The House of Representatives has approved President Barack Obamaâs plan to provide weapons to Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reported Tuesday. Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell write
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The U.S. Navy has reduced funding that covers training programs and maintenance services for warships stationed oversees due to budget cuts, Reuters reported Friday. David Alexander writes Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Israel and Palestine are preparing to begin peace negotiations over the territorial and political dispute that has been ongoing for decades, Reuters reported Saturday. Arshad
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The House of Representatives is looking to formulate a four-year review on Veterans Affairs planning in order to identify the agencyâs long-term program requirements, Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday. Leo Shane III
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The administrators of General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget‘s Federal Procurement Policy office have asserted before the Senate the huge savings government can gain from strategic sourcing, FCW reported
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The U.S. government has been collaborating with Internet service providers in an effort to intercept cyber attacks from China, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Danny Yadron and Siobhan Gorman write the
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