Companies that win established contracts must offer employment to its predecessors’ employees, the Labor Department announced Monday. The Labor Department issued its final rules on the Federal Register, mandating the inclusion of a clause offering employees the right of first refusal of employment under the successors’ contract in positions for which they are qualified. The [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out Tuesday in support of setting aside wireless spectrum for public safety. Cell phone networks were congested during the Aug. 23 earthquake on the east coast, prompting an FCC investigation into reports of 911 calls not getting through. The earthquake also prompted renewed calls to establish a nationwide broadband public [...]

The White House has instructed government officials to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by honoring the memory of those who died in the attacks and recalling other terrorist attacks around the world. The New York Times reported Monday the White House distributed two sets of documents, one set for overseas allies [...]

The two-year eligibility limitation for noncompetitive hiring of spouses of certain deceased or disabled veterans has been eliminated, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday. The military spouse hiring authority, effective Sept. 11, 2009, allowed certain spouses not already federal employees to apply to agency job opportunity announcements without having to compete with other applicants. [...]

The Defense Department is opening up to smartphones and tablets and trying to do it securely, a Pentagon official said Monday. AFPS reports the department is concerned with issues regarding users’ general lack of knowledge of how the devices work, potentially compromising the devices. “We do want this innovation in the Department of Defense so [...]

President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to not shoulder the burden of meeting the nation’s fiscal challenges onto veterans. AFPS reports Obama made the remarks during a speech at the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis. The Veterans Affairs Department has received budget increases since Obama took office in Jan. 2009. The president promised to maintain [...]

The Labor Department warned Friday that a fund compensating federal employees for work-related injuries could run out of money in the last quarter of fiscal 2012 if the U.S. Postal Service fails to make its scheduled payment in October. Reuters reports the Labor Department notified Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight [...]

Astronauts on the International Space Station may have to leave it without a crew to take their place, NASA officials said Monday. Reuters reports Russian rockets failed to reach orbit following launch Wednesday, forcing the Russian space agency to suspend all space launches pending an investigation. A three-man crew, including NASA astronaut Ronald Garan, was [...]

Steve Cooper serves in the Federal Aviation Administration as chief information officer of the Air Traffic Organization, a position she has held since August 2009. Cooper is responsible for the IT architecture used by 35,000 air traffic controllers, helping them direct more than 7,000 takeoffs and landings per hour and more than 660 million passengers [...]

Robyn East joined the Treasury Department in March to serve as deputy assistant secretary for information systems and chief information officer. East is the Treasury’s principal advisor on IT issues and is responsible for acquiring and managing information resources. She provides broad leadership in planning, implementing and managing the Treasury’s technology resources. Prior to joining [...]