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
Congress has failed first responders by not acting on legislation to establish a nationwide public safety network, Tom Ridge said Friday. The nationâs first Homeland Security Secretary told AOL Government it is
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Ten years on from the 9/11 attacks, intelligence agencies are still struggling to strengthen the information sharing networks that broke down in 2001, says a report from the Congressional Research Service. The
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Any changes to the current military retirement system will not affect current service members, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday. Robert Gates, Panettaâs predecessor, asked the Defense Business Board to make recommendations
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The Internal Revenue Serviceâs plans to implement new rules for reporting credit card transactions could create burdens for taxpayers and problems for the IRS, a Treasury Department audit says. The Treasury Inspector
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is coming under fire on the heels of a whistleblower claiming the agency destroyed records of preliminary investigations once they are shut. The National Archives released a
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The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service sounded the alarm bell again Thursday with a stark warning from its No. 2 leader: it could be broke in a year. Deputy Postmaster General Ron
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday mandating federal agencies develop plans for improving diversity in the federal workforce. The order directs the director of the Office of Personnel Management, a
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A Army top acquisition official said Thursday he is unaware of any instance where body armor has failed to protect a soldier against an ammunition round. The AP reports Lt. Gen Bill
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An Office of Personnel Management official apologized Thursday for a computer glitch that caused nearly 70,000 job applicants to lose some or all of their data. FierceGovernmentIT reports a four-day IT outage
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Much like meteorologists work to track storms here on Earth, NASA is working to track storms on the sun. NASA released video of a solar storm Thursday, recorded in Dec. 2008. The
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