The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
A proposed rule from the Office of Government Ethics would require federal employees to refuse all gifts from lobbyists and lobbying firms. The OGE released the rule for comment in the Sept.
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The Labor Department has signed agreements with the Internal Revenue Service and nine states in an effort to crack down on the business practice of misclassifying employees to avoid paying benefits and
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NASA plans to spend $1.6 billion over the next two years assisting industry development of space taxis, the space agency announced Monday. NASA outlined a contract that will be awarded to multiple
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The Obama administrationâs plan to reduce the deficit includes ideas the White House claims will rescue the Postal Service, which is facing default. The Postal Service would be allowed to sell non-postal
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The âDonât Ask, Donât Tellâ policy on gays and lesbians serving in the military has officially been repealed and is no longer in effect. The Defense Department sent a memo Tuesday announcing
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President Barack Obama vowed Monday he would veto any cuts to Medicare unless Congress approves tax increases on the wealthiest Americans. “I will not support any plan that puts all the burden
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Crew flights to the International Space Station will resume in November, preventing the station from being left empty. The Space Station Control Board, consisting of NASA and international partner space agencies, tentatively
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s top auditor plans to ask the Justice Department to review whether an SEC lawyer broke conflict-of-interest rules during the agency’s investigation of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff.
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Violent crime dropped significantly in 2010, according to FBI figures released Monday. The FBIâs annual âCrime in the United Statesâ report says the estimated volume of violent crimes in 2010 dropped 6
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The week of Sept. 18-24 will be marked to honor the National Guard and Reserve, President Barack Obama said Friday. Obama issued a proclamation calling on state and local officials, private organizations
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