The House Budget Committee has approved a $3.8 trillion budget plan on a 22-13 vote the morning after the GOP-led committee faced disagreements on defense budget levels, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Andrew Taylor writes
MoreVice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, has said MDA’s $8.1 billion fiscal 2016 budget proposal allocates money to build and maintain U.S. defense weapons, DoD News reported Wednesday.
MoreStephen Welby, deputy assistant secretary for systems engineering at the Defense Department, has been nominated to serve as DoD’s research and engineering assistant secretary. President Barack Obama announced Welbyâs nomination on Wednesday. Welby
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Steven VanRoekel, chief innovation officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development, has departed the agency, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Greg Otto writes VanRoekel began his public sector career in 2009 as managing
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The administration is working with federal agencies and private-sector suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a new executive order from President Barack Obama that seeks to further efforts to address
MoreAnne Rung, administrator at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has unveiled a set of rating tools for agencies and vendors to evaluate their experience during the acquisition process, Federal News Radio
MoreMichael Vickers, defense undersecretary for intelligence since March 2011, will retire from the federal government on April 30 after a four-decade career that saw him hold his current role for a longer tenure
MoreOfficials in charge of U.S. military infrastructure programs told a Senate appropriations subcommittee Tuesday that budget cuts have delayed repairs and improvements to the Defense Department‘s mission-critical facilities, DoD News reported Wednesday.
MoreThe White House has nominated David Shulkin as undersecretary for health and LaVerne Council as assistant secretary for information and technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Army Times reported Wednesday. Leo Shane
MoreThe Senate Armed Services Committee was slated to discuss the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army budgets for major programs Wednesday amid concerns over capacity and modernization shortfalls, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. SASC
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