Cord Chase, formerly senior adviser for cyber and national security at the Office of Management and Budget, has joined the Office of Personnel Management as the agency’s first chief information security officer,
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A Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved a $2 billion increase in the National Institutes of Health‘s fiscal year 2017 budget, The Atlantic reported Tuesday. Nora Kelly writes the subpanel’s fiscal 2017 budget bill will
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The Commerce Department has appointed 19 executives from the government and commercial sectors to the newly-established U.S. Investment Advisory Council. Members will provide input to help draw and keep foreign direct investment interest and
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The Transportation Department‘s Office of the Inspector General is looking for candidates to take the role of chief information officer to manage information technology resources and support the agency’s mission needs. A notice posted
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The Merit Systems Protection Board has begun its search for a candidate who will serve as both chief privacy officer and director of the information services team. MSPB said in a notice posted
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The Government Accountability Office has said the Department of Veteran Affairs launched efforts to manage estimated costs and obligations to prevent future funding gaps following VA’s projected $2.75 billion budget shortfall in fiscal year 2015. GAO
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The Federal Aviation Administration will offer by late September a $500 rebate to each owner of general aviation aircraft in order to help them procure the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out avionics system
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office has reached out to each Federal Reserve Bank and provided four recommendations to address the three areas of concern found on the information systems controls maintained by the Fed.
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The Census Bureau has named Kevin Smith, who previously worked under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as chief information security officer, as associate director for information technology and chief information officer. The Census
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The Government Accountability Office has urged agency chief information officers to frequently update their ratings for agency information technology investments on the web-based Federal IT Dashboard system. GAO said Thursday it conducted a performance audit
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