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
Al Tarasiuk serves as chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he leads technology and policy strategy and executes information technology programs. President Barack Obama appointed
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will remain in her post for President Barack Obama’s second term, the Washington Post reports. Citing a White House official, Scott Wilson writes Napolitano could play a
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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) is not planning to consolidate the chamber’s number of panels overseeing the Department of Homeland Security, The Hill newspaper reports. McCaul told reporter Jordy
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Deb Fischer, a newly-elected Republican senator from Nebraska, hinted Saturday that Republican lawmakers would push to nullify all defense budget cuts under sequestration. Federal Times reports she said lawmakers should instead focus
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation aimed at consolidating agency reports identified by the Office of Management and Budget as either outdated, duplicative or not relevant. OMB highlighted 376 reports
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Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Gen. Mark Welsh, the branch’s chief of staff, highlighted the uncertain budget environment facing the branch during a press conference Thursday. According to American Forces Press
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Ashton Carter, deputy defense secretary, has directed defense agencies and military service branches to prepare for budget uncertainties resulting from sequestration and the end of the current continuing resolution. According to American
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Paul Brubaker, a former deputy chief information officer at the Defense Department, is returning to the Pentagon as director of planning and performance management. Federal Computer Week reports he will assume his
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The U.S. Postal Service‘s inspector general is recommending the agency look to the Internet and self-service technology as an avenue to help it handle its financial problems, GovExec reports. Eric Katz writes
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Starting Oct. 1, military retirees and their dependents living more than 40 miles from a military treatment facility or base closure site will be moved from Tricare Prime coverage to Tricare Standard,
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