Sloan Gibson, deputy veterans affairs secretary for nearly three months, will take over leadership of the VA on an acting basis following the resignation of Secretary Eric Shinseki, President Barack Obama announced
MoreStephanie Avakian, a former partner and securities vice chair at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has been appointed deputy director of the Securities and Exchange Commission‘s enforcement division. Avakian will return to
MoreSue Swenson, vice chairperson of the First Responder Network Authority board, will take over as board chairperson in August when current chair Sam Ginn’s term ends, FedScoop reported Wednesday. David Stegon writes Swenson
MoreThe Office of Personnel and Management plans to merge several internal databases that contain information on federal workers and contractors who have access to the agency’s physical and digital assets, FCW reported
MoreRichard Gregg, fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, has announced plans to retire by June 30 after 41 years of public service, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Bureau of the Fiscal
MoreJames Cochrane, chief information officer of the U.S. Postal Service, has asked a House subcommittee for help bring the mailing agency back to financial stability, FierceGovernment reported Tuesday. Ryan McDermott writes the
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The Office of Personnel Management has expanded a program to help federal agencies analyze their workforce data and use that information to measure their progress in meeting human resource management goals, Federal
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has published an online catalog that contains software tool kits, technical sources and research data from many DARPA-backed computing projects, GCN reported Thursday. GCN reports that
MoreSylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination as health and human services secretary moved through the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday via a 21-3 vote to approve her for the post, Reuters reported Wednesday. David Morgan
MoreReps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) have proposed an amendment to the fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act that Kilmer said should address the legaility of furloughing defense employees,
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