Chris Cummiskey, acting undersecretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security, has announced his departure from government service on Oct. 31, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Cummiskey, who has served the federal
MoreAcquisition officials plan to upgrade the U.S. Armyâs small boats, a fleet they said is integral to the U.S. maritime mission, specifically in the Obama administrationâs Asia-Pacific rebalancing initiative, DoD Buzz reported
MoreThe U.S. Department of Homeland and Security wants to adapt existing wearable technology to help first responders stay connected when they respond to an emergency, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Greg Otto writes Robert
MoreThe General Services Administration has announced that it awarded more than $19 million to small businesses during the fiscal year 2014 through a reverse auction program. The agency released an infographic on Tuesday that
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker kicked off a five-day business development mission to Asia in Tokyo this week, her first trade mission since she took the post in June 2013. In her address to
MoreThe U.S. Justice Department has appointed three new executives within the agency’s national security division and renamed an internal program for coordinating counterterrorism initiatives. Mary McCord was named as NSD’s principal deputy
MoreAshkan Soltani, a 20-plus-year technology consultant and researcher, has been named chief technologist of the Federal Trade Commission. He will succeed Latanya Sweeney, who will return to Harvard University’s data privacy lab as director, and advise the
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The Obama administration has named Michelle Lee, deputy undersecretary at the Commerce Department and deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as potential nominee to the post of undersecretary for
MoreSanjeev Bhagowalia has joined the Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary and chief information officer, Pacific Business News reported Friday. Duane Shimogawa writes the official comes into his new role after serving as Hawaii state CIO
MoreRobert Griffin, formerly acting deputy undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate, has assumed that position on a full-time basis as of Oct. 5. The 20-year veteran of first responder and local
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