Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper’s move to assert more authority over the intelligence budget has some observers predicting more changes down the road. Clapper described a few weeks ago a “conceptual agreement” he had reached with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to move the intelligence budget, which had been split up and placed [...]

A familiar face is returning to FBI’s Washington Field Office, amid a series of a staff changes. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller announced his pick of James W. McJunkin, who most recently served in the counterterrorism division, to be assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office. McJunkin, who first became a field agent [...]

A majority of federal managers believe the stagnant economy and federal budget pressures will force agencies to put energy efficiencies initiatives on the back burner. Zogby International, on behalf of Schneider Electric and the Alliance to Save Energy, polled 201 federal managers with purchasing power and found 66 percent believe tight budgets will hurt green [...]

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was honored with the American Patriot Award from National Defense University for his work in defense, including service under eight presidents in a career spanning four decades. Gates said he accepted the award on behalf of the service members, who serve their country in times of war. “Tonight, we sit [...]

President Barack Obama issued an executive order Nov. 4 to establish clearer guidelines for “controlled unclassified information,” or information that is deemed sensitive but doesn’t rise to the level of classified. CUI information, while officially unclassified, still requires safeguarding from disclosure because it involves personal, proprietary or law enforcement information. The executive order will replace [...]

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy spoke at the World Affairs council about the changing face of threats and securities Nov. 4. Flournoy said she believes “we are in a uniquely transformative moment: a time in an emergence of new global actors and an unprecedented spread of technology that will fundamentally change the international [...]

The head of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency wants to better equip those working in the Intelligence Community with high-tech tools, such as cutting-edge mobile apps to fundamentally change how NGA does business. Speaking before the National Geospatial Intelligence Symposium in New Orleans, Letitia A. Long said the agency wants to “put the power of [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released numbers showing federal pay in 2010 lagged behind private sector pay by 24 percent. The gap has widened by two points since 2009, according to The Federal Times. The statistics were presented at a meeting of the Federal Salary Council, which will make recommendations to President Barack Obama [...]

There were glimmers of what’s to come on the IT front from federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra at the Excellence in Government conference on Nov. 1, according to FederalNewsRadio. In the wake of across-the-board federal IT reform and restructuring, Kundra also hinted at a new focus for IT expansion efforts: a “next-generation” Social Security [...]

National Coordinator of Health IT David Blumenthal has identified four bottlenecks in healthcare IT that hinder the United States from adopting a more robust, digital system, according to ModernHealthCare.com. They are: Lack of funding Logistical issues for healthcare practitioners who want to adopt IT methods but lack technological know-how and expertise Lack of health exchange [...]