Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been appointed to succeed Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker as the next chair of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. The White House announced the rotation after the council made
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Homeland Security to involve the executive steering committee in the management of the human resources information technology investment. GAO said in a report released
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Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, has provided lawmakers an update on the efforts of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s NCSC to introduce reforms to the
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The Office of Personnel Management has revamped federal job application tools on the USAJobs website as part of a redesign of the government’s online recruitment portal. OPM said Wednesday new site enhancements are meant to help agency job
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The Federal Aviation Administration is organizing an aviation rulemaking committee to recommend guidelines for the classification and operation of “micro” unmanned aircraft systems as part of the agency’s efforts to ensure safe UAS integration into the
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has called for $78.7 billion in discretionary budget for the fiscal year 2017, up 4.9 percent from the fiscal 2016 level. Deltek said Tuesday VA plans to
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The Energy Department continues to face cost and schedule management issues in the agency’s projects to modernize the U.S. nuclear security enterprise, according to a Government Accountability Office report. GAO said Tuesday DOE’s National Nuclear
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Keisha Dawn Bell, formerly deputy general counsel of the Defense Contract Management Agency, has been named general counsel of DCMA. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the appointment of Bell in a Defense Department statement issued Friday.
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The Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s National Insider Threat Task Force have formed a partnership to counter insider threats, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Rutrell Yasin
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched its search for a candidate who will serve as both chief information officer and deputy assistant secretary for information technology. HHS said in a
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