President Barack Obama renewed calls for a $50 billion infrastructure initiative to repair roads, railways and airports as the unemployment rate remains stuck at 9.6 percent. The plan, which would set up an infrastructure bank funded by ending particular tax benefits for oil and gas companies, could be the “antidote” for such stagnant employment numbers, [...]

David B. Buckley was sworn in late last week as the CIA’s new inspector general. Upon his confirmation by the Senate last Friday, CIA Director Leon Panetta praised President Barack Obama’s pick and the CIA internal watchdog position itself. A robust, independent inspector general is essential to our success as an agency,” Panetta said. “It [...]

Defense contracting may have one of the most “macho” of professional images. But the women at the heads of Washington, D.C.-area contractors, such as Linda Hudson of BAE Systems, might as well have driven a tank through this particular glass ceiling. The Washington Post reports a growing number of women are “rising to the upper [...]

Boom times for contractors may be waning, according to industry research group FedSources, but new technology deals may escape the decline, Nextgov reports. Next year’s budget already shows a decline of 5 percent on government contract spending, likely due, in part, to the Obama administration’s in-sourcing efforts – bringing jobs once held by contractors under [...]

“Rock star” Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra is living up to the hype that emanated from many quarters—not least of all, Silicon Valley—when he was appointed the nation’s first CTO in April 2009. Online magazine Xconomy caught up with Chopra last week at a healthcare IT summit in San Francisco, where, the mag reported, he [...]

Raytheon will close a small modeling and simulation unit in Suffolk, Va., by the end of the year, the company announced last week. HamptonRoads.com said Raytheon’s decision to shutter the four-person center came “in the wake of the Defense Department’s decision to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command.” However, a Raytheon spokesman said he couldn’t [...]

Despite the relative calm following the storm that was the House and Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the closing of the Joint Forces Command last week, the skirmish over JFCOM continues – although on a somewhat smaller scale. First, it was announced this week Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates planned to meet with Gov. [...]

IT workers have increasingly turned to job hunting as pay has stagnated, bonuses have been cut, and they face an increasing work load, according to a survey by Computerworld. Only 54 percent of IT workers said their salaries had increased from two years ago. Just 31 percent reported receiving a raise in the past year. [...]

White House National Security Adviser James L. Jones will resign, NBC News reports. He will be replaced by Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon. President Barack Obama is expected to make a formal announcement from the Rose Garden at 1 p.m., NBC News reports. Jones’ resignation will take effect in two weeks, according to the [...]

The General Services Administration will reveal its new open government platform at the annual FedTalks presentation next Tuesday, amid a gathering of notable government, industry and media leaders. The theme of the conference will be how technology can be used to further the Obama administration’s goals of open government. The White House’s open government initiatives [...]