Darren Dick formerly served as deputy staff director of the House Intelligence Committee from January 2011 to July 2013. He served as deputy staff director and counsel for the Senate Intelligence Committee
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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have called on U.S. leaders to take steps to reopen the federal government, The New York Times reported Sunday. Annie Lowrey and Nathaniel Popper
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The FBI will enact 10 furlough days under the sequester next fiscal year and operate with only a skeleton crew on those days, The New York Times reported Thursday. Michael Schmidt writes
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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee heard testimony from government officials and private sector representatives on Thursday regarding the Cybersecurity Act of 2013, FedScoop reported Thursday. Cory Bennett writes lawmakers at the
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A MeriTalk survey says agencies could cut 14 percent from the total federal budget by using big data for projects in areas such as transportation infrastructure, FCW reported Monday. Frank Konkel writes
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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) is not planning to consolidate the chamber’s number of panels overseeing the Department of Homeland Security, The Hill newspaper reports. McCaul told reporter Jordy
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The Justice Department has appointed Luke McCormack department chief information officer, according to a department announcement. McCormack will assume the CIO position in late March and succeeds Van Hitch, who retired this
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For more than a year, Congress has been trying to hammer out spectrum legislation that includes funding for a national public safety network. In early December, House GOP leaders tacked on an
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The House overwhelmingly approved late last week a 2011 authorization for intelligence spending, The New York Times reported. Overall, the 16 member agencies of the intelligence community, which includes the CIA and
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President Barack Obama will nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, according to various media reports. Current ambassador Jon Huntsman, who is reportedly mulling a 2012
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