Government officials have hinted that the Energy Department and a University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute non-profit collaboration plan to negotiate a contract extension for management of the Oak Ridge National
MoreAlejandro Mayorkas, current director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, was confirmed Friday as deputy homeland security secretary in a 54-41 vote, the Los Angeles Times reports. Brian Bennett writes Mayorkas has led USCIS
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John Koskinen, a former chairman of Freddie Mac and city administrator for Washington, D.C., was confirmed by the Senate in a 59-36 vote Thursday to become the next Internal Revenue Service commissioner,
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President Obama will nominate Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to succeed Gary Locke as the U.S. ambassador to China, Politico reported Wednesday. Maggie Haberman and Manu Raju write Baucus, chairman of the Senate
MoreKathryn Medina will step down from her post at the Office of Personnel Management on Jan. 3 to pursue a career in the private sector, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Michael O’Connell
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget has launched an online vote on four finalists in a government competition seeking cost reduction ideas from federal employees, GovExec reported Monday. Tom Shoop writes contestants
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The Department of Homeland Security has received a clean opinion on its financial statements for the first time in the agency’s 10-year history, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Michael O’Connell writes DHS’
MoreThe White House has decided not to change a policy that allows one military official to lead both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason
MoreThe House voted 332-94 Thursday to approve a bipartisan budget deal that sets spending levels for the next two years and avoids the possibility of a government shutdown until October 2015, Reuters reported
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The Interior Department has shifted to a new approach of executing its information technology consolidation initiatives after close to three years of preparation, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jason Miller writes the
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