Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nv) has filed cloture on the nomination of Martha Johnson to be the administrator of GSA. It has been nine months since Martha Johnson was first nominated
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On Tuesday, the Department of Transportation put a ban on texting while driving for commercial truck drivers and bus drivers – the first time a federal agency has taken action in this
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The Office of Personnel Management has taken steps to improve the federal government’s job engine USAJOBS.gov, making changes to increase ease and efficiency. “USAJOBS is a great example of a hugely successful
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a critical report on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)’s internal communications procedures and ability to attract and retain quality personnel. “(The) FCC lacks written
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John H. James, Jr., has been appointed to lead the sizeable task of reforming the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) by serving as director of the NSPS Transition Office (NSPSTO). He will
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Just as John, Paul, George and Ringo did in the 60’s, Data.gov is sweeping the globe. At least, so says U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. In a blog post titled “They
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President Obama has ordered the Office of Management and Budget, the Treasury Department and other federal agencies to begin preventing contractors who are delinquent on their taxes from receiving new government contracts.
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An Audit performed by the Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Inspector General Calvin L. Scovell III, has uncovered serious lag times in the Department’s suspension and debarment procedures, which resulted in millions in
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President Barack Obama invited a who’s who of elite CEOs to the White House to discuss how the private sector has used new technologies to save money and increase ease and effectiveness
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the first portion of its “Transparency Initiative,†an effort to make clear issues such as basic operations, the decision making process and the process
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