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
Michael Astrue, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, will step down from his post next month after six years to return to Massachusetts. He is the agency’s third longest-tenured SSA commissioner in
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The country’s top uniformed military officer is concerned over the potential damage a cyber attack could pose against the U.S. industrial base, he told NBC News in an interview. Army Gen. Martin
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Deputy Labor Secretary Seth Harris has stepped in to lead the Labor Department on an acting basis upon Secretary Hilda Solis’ departure, Fedscoop reports. Harris rejoined the department in May 2009 in
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Steve Cooper, deputy chief information officer at the Federal Aviation Administration, has told Federal News Radio he is retiring from the government Thursday and taking an early buyout from the agency. Cooper
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The Defense Department is laying off many of its 46,000 temporary and contract workers in an attempt to manage automatic budget cuts under sequestration, Reuters reports. Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter told Reuters
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Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Michael Hayden, a former CIA director and retired Air Force general, both expressed support for Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary during a Sunday TV
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The Transportation Department does not have the data it needs to track changes in skills of its acquisition workforce, a Government Accountability Office report says. GAO said not having that data could
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Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, has informed flag officers and senior executives in a memo that the Navy would have to halt nearly all non-deployed operations if sequestration kicks in
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The head of Air Force Space Command expects the branch to issue a multiyear contract later this year for hosting government sensors onboard commercial satellites, Reuters reports. Gen. William Shelton said the
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Former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White was officially nominated Wednesday to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission as the White House also resubmitted Richard Cordray‘s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection
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