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
President Barack Obama will nominate Todd Jones to serve as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on a permanent basis, Main Justice reports. Elizabeth Murphy writes Jones has
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Doug Rosendale is the CEO and founder of Cairn Corp., a health information technology startup aimed at advancing interoperability and increased use of mobile technology in the healthcare arena. Before founding Cairn,
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying a new electronic claims processing system nationwide at regional benefits processing offices in an initiative to eliminate the backlog of claims by 2015. As of
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Gregg Berman associate director for its new analytics and research office, which the agency launched in 2012 to use data analytics in helping make policy
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The National Institutes of Health would have to cut 6.4 percent from its budget if the sequestration mechanism triggers March 1, the agency’s director told Politico. Francis Collins, head of NIH since
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down from his position by the end of March to spend more time with his family in Colorado, the Denver Post reports. Allison Sherry writes President
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Rick Holgate serves as assistant director for science and technology and chief information officer at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He is responsible for strategy, planning, managing and delivering
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The Office of Management and Budget has directed agencies to start planning for several types of personnel actions, including furloughs and hiring freezes, if cuts under sequestration start on March 1. Federal
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The U.S. Treasury hit the debt ceiling Dec. 31, 2012 and is running out of avenues to avoid a default, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told Congress in a letter. According to
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Automatic across-the-board spending cuts under sequestration are near certain to happen, a Goldman Sachs economist said. According to Business Insider, Alec Phillips wrote in a note that the cuts are more likely
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