The Government Accountability Office has urged acquisition personnel at the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to re-examine their documentation procedures on procurement information. GAO said Thursday that such an effort could help strengthen competition
MoreThe Transportation Department will reduce its contractor employee base in a move to cut costs and hire its own technology personnel, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Richard McKinney, DOT chief information officer, told a
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has commenced a challenge for communities worldwide to collaborate to address issues such as air quality, traffic management and emergency services. Participants in the Global City Teams Challenge, set to
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Darren Ash, chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has highlighted the agency’s focus on information while balancing the adoption of technologies such as mobile and cloud computing to drive innovation in an
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration is working to step up its implementation the NextGen air traffic control system following a set of recommendations from the inspector general’s office at the Transportation Department, NJ.com reported Thursday. Steve
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Brodi Fontenot, currently a Transportation Department official, has received a presidential nomination to serve as the Treasury Department‘s next chief financial officer, the White House announced Thursday. Fontenot’s roles at DOT include assistant secretary for administration,
MoreSenate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and ranking member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) are proposing legislation to allot $10.8 billion for transportation projects through 2015, Reuters reported Thursday. David Lawder writes the
MoreState transportation agencies across the U.S. have been forced to put their road projects on hold amid the Highway Trust Fund’s looming insolvency, Federal Times reported Monday. Adrienne Lu writes the Transportation Department
MoreRichard McKinney, the Transportation Department‘s chief information officer, has pinpointed cybersecurity as his main focus for the agency in an interview with FCW published Tuesday. In the interview with Colby Hochmuth, McKinney spoke about
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration has completed work to install new equipment and update aircraft tracking systems at air traffic facilities as part of the agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation System initiative. The Automatic
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