ExecutiveGov – Digital News Coverage Of Government Contracting And Federal Policy Landscape TODAY’S HEADLINES GovCon Expert Emily Murphy: Congress Should Reauthorize Small Business Innovation Research Program Emily Murphy, senior fellow at the
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James A. Baker, formerly associate general counsel for Bridgewater Associates LP, has joined the FBI as general counsel. Baker served as associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department from 2009 to 2011
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The White House has enlisted computer experts from public and private sector organizations to help address technical issues on the federally-run health insurance exchange site Healthcare.gov, USA Today reported Wednesday. Kelly Kennedy
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The U.S. Navy has reduced the projected $10 billion cost for its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract to between $4.5 and $5.4 billion over five years, Bob Brewin reports on Nextgov. Capt.
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As many as 8,000 companies could participate in a cyber information sharing program with the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, the Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer said in a recent teleconference,
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Defense Department officials plan to expand the private-public cyber information sharing pilot program from 37 organizations to 200, Bloomberg reports. Defense Chief Information Officer Teri Takai told Arlington, Va. conference attendees that
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The Department of Homeland Security is now poised to lead a Pentagon cyber defense project, according to a DHS privacy notice issued Friday. The pilot program was launched to test the effects
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The White House is saying President Obama plans to veto anti-net neutrality legislation, according to a report from Wired. Net neutrality rules will not permit broadband providers including Time Warner and Comcast
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More workers were hired in September and job gains from previous months were revised higher, but the Labor Department’s latest jobs report says it did not make a dent in the nation’s
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The Federal Communications Commission has come under fire of late for its new so-called net neutrality regulations, published last week in the Federal Register. This time, rather than criticism of being heavy-handed,
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