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
The Office of Personnel Management announced Friday it plans to revamp the way the federal government brings students and recent graduates into the federal workforce. Federal Times reports OPM proposed regulations for
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Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement Thursday over legislation to extend the operating authority of the Federal Aviation Administration, ending a two-week partial shutdown that furloughed 4,000 FAA workers. The AP reports
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The debt ceiling increase President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday is certain to cut $350 billion from the defense budget. However, according to Government Executive, federal contractors are left with uncertainty
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Half of all cabinet departments have made little to no progress in reducing backlog of Freedom of Information requests within the past fiscal year, a Justice Department assessment says. According to FierceGovernment,
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FBI Director Robert Mueller was sworn in Wednesday for another two-year term as head of the bureau. Mueller had already been in charge of the bureau for ten years, originally the maximum
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Federal Aviation Administration workers furloughed as a result of a partial agency shutdown now have a relief fund to draw from while off the job, the FAA Managers Association announced Wednesday. The
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Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is the next federal chief information officer, the New York Times reports. VanRoekel left Microsoft in 2009 to become managing director at the Federal Communications Commission and
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Both in-house security workers and contractors come with advantages and disadvantages for federal agencies, a Government Accountability Office report says. Homeland Security Today reports the GAO surveyed nine federal agencies that have
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Defense spending can be reduced responsibly, but any “hasty†cuts that imperil national security should be avoided, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday. Reuters reports the Pentagon is working to reduce $350
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President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his nomination of Ashton Carter to become the next deputy defense secretary. Carter currently serves as undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, a post he assumed in
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