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 General Services Administration will consolidate information technology personnel, budgets and systems under the chief information officer as part of an agency-wide realignment. A 10-month review of the agency’s administrative services determined
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Both number of Americans who receive assistance from beneficiary programs and the increasing costs to provide healthcare services are two main drivers of the federal deficit, the Congressional Budget Office‘s director says.
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The departments of Homeland Security and Treasury and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be responsible for determining critical infrastructure at risk of cyber attacks under an executive order released
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Virginia stands to lose more than164,000 jobs if automatic across-the-board budget cuts under sequestration go into effect, Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama. According to the Daily
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Peter Levin, chief technology officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has told Fedscoop he plans to step down from his position as of March 1. David Stegon writes Levin led the
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Roger Baker, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, plans to step down from his position after nearly four years, Dorobekinsider reports. Baker, confirmed by the Senate in May 2009,
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James Clapper, director of national intelligence, told Federal News Radio in an interview that he will do everything in his power to avoid furloughs if sequestration cuts are triggered March 1. Clapper
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Federal agencies will not send most of its civilian employees furlough notices until mid-March as negotiations with unions will start March 1 if Congress does not avert sequestration, a White House official
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Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis serves as deputy commander of Fort Meade, Md.-based U.S. Cyber Command, having been appointed to this position as of June 2012. Davis previously served at Fort
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Michael Casella, a former budget manager at the U.S. Agency for International Development, is joining the General Services Administration as chief financial officer. Casella brings to GSA nearly 30 years of acquisition
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