The Office of Management and Budget has hired Haley Van Dyck as an e-government policy analyst, Federal News Radio reported. Van Dyck will work to develop a federal mobile strategy while consolidating the number of government agency websites, according to Federal News Radio. Van Dyck previously worked as director for digital strategy and engagement for [...]

The Department of Homeland Security is delaying the construction of its new headquarters at the St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, Federal Times reports. DHS officials told Federal Times the agency will release a new project itinerary by Oct. 1 which will aim to reduce future budget requests. The nearly $4 billion project, managed by the [...]

Federal real estate maintenance costs rose by more than $1.5 billion in 2010, Federal Times reports. Federal Times obtained a General Services Administration report which said the government spent $30.7 billion to maintain 3.3 billion square feet of property in 2010. Maintenance costs went up from $29.9 billion in 2009, excluding some Defense Department facilities. [...]

Aneesh Chopra has rejoined The Advisory Board Company as senior adviser of health care technology strategy, the company announced Friday. Chopra will work with member hospitals on integral technology and open data issues. The company said he will also contribute to the company’s business development and strategic planning efforts. Chopra previously served as U.S.’s first [...]

The White House has launched a new online platform to provide businesses with information and services to aid with development and growth. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said in a blogpost that the administration had been working on the BusinessUSA website for the last several months. VanRoekel said BusinessUSA will serve as a “virtual one-stop-shop” [...]

The White House has proposed $140.8 billion for federal research and development in fiscal year 2013, according to its budget proposal. The proposal boosts federal R&D by $2 billion and the departments of Homeland Security and Energy National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Department would see the biggest increases. Cumulative funds for the three agencies [...]

The Obama administration has formally asked Congress for the authority to reorganize and consolidate federal government agencies, the White House announced Thursday. The administration previously announced it wanted to consolidate six federal trade and commerce agencies in mid-January, a merger it said would save taxpayers roughly $3 billion. The White House statement said the Reforming [...]

The Office of Personnel Management is encouraging federal employees to support a Defense Department program for encouraging students to pursue federal technical careers. OPM Director John Berry wrote in a memo that the Pentagon’s education activity works to generate primary education students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. The initiative has federal STEM professionals [...]

Major defense contractors are now sharing independent research and development spending data with the government through a secure Web portal. A new rule, published Jan. 30 in the Federal Register, requires companies that claim more than $11 million a year on IR&D and bid and proposal costs to submit data to the portal. The rule [...]

President Obama has nominated Katrina McFarland as assistant defense secretary for acquisition, the White House announced Friday. McFarland has served as president of the Defense Acquisition University since 2010 and was previously acquisition director at the Missile Defense Agency from 2006 to 2010. She held several positions with the U.S. Marine Corps System Command from [...]