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
Some members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are considering a return to the omnibus approach as a way to pass a continuing resolution before March 27, the date of a potential government
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee Thursday that DHS is focusing on preventing future cyber attacks over combating current cyber incidents, Nextgov reports. Aliya Sternstein writes Napolitano was addressing
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A new White House scorecard is showing many agencies are not making progress in using identity cards to protect their information systems, Federal Times reports. Nicole Blake Johnson writes the audit evaluated
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The House voted 267-151 Wednesday to approve a short-term funding measure that would avoid a possible March 27 government shutdown, Bloomberg reports. The Senate will consider its own measure next week to continue
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A wave of federal retirement claims in February exceeded the Office of Personnel Management‘s projections by three times for that month, according to Fierce Government. Zach Rausnitz writes the agency processed about
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Michael Krieger serves as deputy chief information officer/G6 for the U.S. Army, where he leads implementation of the Army’s strategic direction for the network and enterprise network infrastructure. The Army CIO/G-6 oversees
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The Federal Aviation Administration will start furloughing most of its 47,000 employees next month as the agency implements budget cuts under sequestration, administrator Michael Huerta said Wednesday. ATWOnline reports Huerta said the
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Demands of operating in cyberspace are exceeding U.S. Strategic Command’s capacity to conduct sustained cyber operations even as the command continues to recruit and train cyber workers, Stratcom’s commander said Tuesday. Air
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The top uniformed officers from the four military branches asked a House subcommittee Tuesday to give them spending flexibility now that automatic sequestration budget cuts are in effect. American Forces Press Service
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The House introduced legislation Monday night that includes two full-year appropriations bills for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and is intended to help them manage sequestration cuts. According to the
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