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
Regulations adopted last year by the Federal Communications Commission on open internet, or net neutrality, will be officially published soon. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget signed off on the
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The proposed LightSquared network, a broadband wireless network integrated with satellite coverage, has raised concerns that it interferes with devices using the Global Positioning System. The House Science Committee held a public
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The most common cause of large health data breaches in 2010 was theft, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights. The 11-page report
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An additional $4.6 billion is needed for the disaster relief fund for fiscal year 2012, according to a White House budget request released Friday. Kenneth Baer, a White House senior adviser, said
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Nearly a fourth of the domains are unreachable, according to a recent analysis of the federal government’s online portfolio. Ben Balter, a new media fellow at the Federal Communications Commission and M.B.A.
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One year after issuing initial guidance to federal agencies on jobs set aside for federal workers, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy has finalized its guidelines on work that must be done
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Friday establishing a strategic counterterrorism strategy targeting the international audience. The Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, under the direction of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
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Eager to repeat the partisan fight that resulted in a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration in July, House and Senate leaders appear nearly ready to pass another short-term extension bill
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In its second week post-recess, Congress has committees scheduled to hold public hearings marking the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee is scheduled to
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The FBI has eliminated a backlog of DNA samples and now works with a more manageable number of samples, according to an inspector general report released Friday. In a 43-page report, investigators
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