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 U.S. Air Force‘s fiscal year 2014 budget sets aside nearly $30 million for cyberattack warfare operations, including $19.7 million for offensive cyber operations and $9.8 million for tools to help run
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The Defense Department plans to send Congress a request by the end of April to reprogram $7.5 billion within its fiscal year 2013 budget, intending to use those funds to pay for
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Eric Fanning will be sworn in as under secretary of the U.S. Air Force later this month after the Senate voted to confirm his nomination Thursday. President Barack Obama nominated Fanning in
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Ernest Moniz, a White House scientific adviser, was approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as energy secretary by a 21-1 vote. Moniz will face a confirmation vote in the
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The Internal Revenue Service has scheduled five days where it will furlough all of its employees, forcing the agency to close its doors to the public on those days. Employees will be placed
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Legislation that moved through the House Thursday designates the departments of Homeland Security and Justice as clearinghouses of digital data the government and private companies would share on cyber threats. The House
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Robert Hale serves as comptroller at the Defense Department, where he is responsible for the Pentagon’s budget and financial policy and advises the secretary on budget and fiscal matters. Hale, nominated to
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Frank Kendall serves as defense under secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, having been confirmed for this post in May 2012. He reports to the defense secretary on matters regarding acquisition, research,
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Fourteen out of the U.S. government’s 20 largest pending contract awards have been delayed as a result of sequestration and the total value of those contracts has fallen nearly 40 percent from
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Joe Jordan, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said Wednesday the Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council wants to include more commodities such as information technology and laboratory equipment in strategic sourcing.
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