Six software providers to the K-12 education sector have voluntarily pledged to incorporate Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency principles into their product development processes. Classlink, Clever, D2L, GG4L, Instructure and PowerSchool signed
The Partnership for Public Service has released data showing the federal government hired 89,689 new workers last fiscal year, a 39 percent decline since 2009, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jack Moore writes
MoreThe FBI will enact 10 furlough days under the sequester next fiscal year and operate with only a skeleton crew on those days, The New York Times reported Thursday. Michael Schmidt writes
MoreFormer Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has withdrawn his name from consideration as the next Federal Reserve chairman because of opposition from liberal groups, Reuters reported Sunday. Mark Felsenthal writes President Barack Obama
MoreJohn Koskinen, the nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service, will head to Capitol Hill this week for closed-door meetings with Senate Finance Committee members, Reuters reported Thursday. Patrick Temple-West writes Koskinen,
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security will implement a shared service program next month and aim to ensure that mobile applications used across agencies are accessible and safe, FCW reported Thursday. Mark Rockwell
MoreTara O’Toole will step down on Sept. 23 as undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security after nearly five years on the job, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday.
MoreTop U.S. and Chinese defense officials met Monday in Beijing for annual talks focused on improving military cooperation between the two nations, the American Forces Press Service reported Tuesday. Jim Garamone writes
MoreBeth Cobert, a senior partner and director at McKinsey & Co., will be nominated by President Obama to serve as the Office of Management and Budget‘s next deputy director for management, Federal
MoreLawmakers in the House of Representatives plan to meet this week to vote on a bill to extend government funding and avert an Oct. 1 shutdown, Government Executive reported Monday. Eric Katz
MoreRep. Gerry Connolly, (D-Va.), said uncertainty over spending cuts due to sequestration could have an “insidious” impact on contractors, taxpayers and government employees, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jack Moore writes Congress
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