Michael McCord, deputy comptroller at the Defense Department since 2009, has been nominated to the comptroller post by President Barack Obama and will succeed the retiring Robert Hale if confirmed by the
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security is set to implement a voluntary program for contractors to bolster computer and network security infrastructures under President Barack Obama’s cyber executive order, Federal News Radio reported Friday.
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Carl Ghattas, formerly a deputy assistant director in the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI Headquarters, has been named counterterrorism division lead at FBIâs Washington office. Ghattas served as chief of the strategic
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Navy Vice Adm. Michael Rogers and Rick Ledgett were officially announced Thursday as President Barack Obama’s appointees to serve as the top two officials at the National Security Agency. If confirmed, Rogers will
MoreNASA has awarded $12.7 million in total grants to seven research teams to study atoms in space over the next four-to-five-years under the agency’s Physical Science Research Program. The seven chosen proposals
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Norman Bay, director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission‘s office, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the bodyâs next chairman. Bay has led the office since 2009 and
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A new Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday recommends that the Department of Homeland Security should partner with other agencies to secure IP-based emergency response systems from cyber attacks, FCW reported Wednesday. Mark
MoreDorothy Robyn will leave the General Services Administration in March as Public Buildings Service commissioner after 16 months at the helm, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Jonathan O’Connell writes Robyn wants to
MoreA recent SolarWinds survey of 162 information technology professionals in the government indicates growing support for IT automation and further investment plans. The IT management company said Wednesday 67 percent of respondents
MorePresident Barack Obama called for increasing investments in and emphasis on STEM (science, technology engineering and math) education in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Brittany Ballenstedt
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