The White House received a report card from key government reform groups with straight A’s. Yesterday, January 11th, 2010, the White House Office of Media Affairs held a conference call to discuss how these reform groups are approving the Obama administration’s efforts toward reforming government to become more accessible, collaborative, and accountable. Norm Eisen, Special [...]
TSA hopes to increase the use of body-scanning technology in airport security lines. This new technology will be put into place in order to avoid potential terrorist attacks like the one on the plane headed to Detroit this past Christmas. As of now, there are 40 scanners in use. However, TSA has spent an additional [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting public comment beginning this Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, on the new proposed regulations with the electronic healthcare system. One of the main challenges is trying to figure out who should receive, or who is qualified to receive, part of the $19.2 billion in funds. Another challenge [...]
Last Friday, January 8th, the EPA announced that it is creating $5 million in grants to fund programs that will fight climate change. The grants will be available to both international and U.S organizations. According to the EPA news release, the grants will be through the Methane to Markets Partnerships, which is a public-private partnership, [...]
The FBI’s top cybersecurity official will now head the FBI’s DC field office, one of the most highly-profiled divisions of the FBI. The D.C. field office frequently examines members of Congress, foreign and domestic espionage, as well as international terrorism. A spokeswoman for the FBI D.C. field office, Katherine Schweit, confirmed that assistant director Shawn [...]
Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO, spoke at the Consumer Electronics Show is Las Vegas, Nevada this past week. His first speaking event was last Thursday morning at Consumer Electronics Show Government. He did a video broadcast with London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was announcing the launch of London’s data.gov. Another video broadcast at the CES Government [...]
Yesterday we reported that GSA’s Chief of Staff, Danielle Germain, had her last day in office. However, the reports that Cathy Kronopolus will be her replacement are not yet confirmed. According to Federal News Radio reports, Sahar Wali, the GSA’s deputy associate administrator for communications and marketing said, “Former Acting Chief of Staff Cathy Kronopolus [...]
Yesterday, January 7th, 2010, the General Services Administration announced that Steven Kempf is the new deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service. Kempf will replace Tyree Varnado, who is retiring after working in the federal service for 35 years. Kempf is an experienced veteran of the Federal Acquisition Service; he has 18 years of experience [...]
According to CNN, Geoff Morrell, deputy assistant secretary of defense and Pentagon press secretary, “Secretary Gates met with the president just before Christmas and gave him a commitment to stay on the job for at least another year.” Gates served under President Bush and remained in office when the transition to President Obama occurred. He [...]
The chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, spoke to an audience at George Washington University yesterday, January 7th, about issues concerning national security. Due to recent instances of failed intelligence, Admiral Mullen was asked several questions concerning U.S. intelligence agencies and their efforts. The failed attempt, by Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk [...]