Air Force Acquisition Executive David Van Buren will step down in March, Defense News reports. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley announced Van Buren’s intent to leave and return to the private industry in an internal email Friday, according to Defense News. The Air Force has not officially named a successor to Van Buren, who assumed his position [...]
President Obama has nominated Joseph Jordan director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, according to a White House announcement. Upon congressional approval, Jordan will succeed Dan Gordon, who took up a teaching position at George Washington University‘s law school. Jordan currently serves in the as a senior adviser to acting OMB Director Jeffrey Zients, [...]
The Justice Department has appointed Luke McCormack department chief information officer, according to a department announcement. McCormack will assume the CIO position in late March and succeeds Van Hitch, who retired this past summer. DOJ Deputy CIO Eric Olson has served as acting CIO since Hitch retired and will return to his deputy post upon [...]
The federal government will not have authority to mitigate electric grid disruptions until at least 2013, a cybersecurity expert said according to NextGov James Lewis, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said a former U.S. senior official told him the country will experience a major disruption and Congress will be held accountable [...]
The National Capital Planning Commission has approved the Army‘s final master plan to build an intelligence campus in Bethesda, Md., the NCPC announced Thursday. The campus will be located at the former headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which relocated to Fort Belvoir, Va. in 2005. The Army Corps of Engineers will redevelop the 39-acre [...]
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday a primary focus of NATO‘s defense ministers conference this week will be how to fund Afghanistan’s police and army forces. Panetta said in a press conference the ministers will also discuss a timeline to withdraw NATO troops from Afghanistan, according to AFPS. The group previously agreed upon a strategy [...]
The Defense Department has awarded six teams $18 million in funds to develop and implement energy savings technologies, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The Pentagon said the technologies are intended to reduce energy demand and the programs coincides with the military’s new strategy for a leaner, more agile combat force. In 2009, the Pentagon used 75 [...]
Lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday to fund the Federal Aviation Administration for the next four fiscal years, Bloomberg reports. The bill agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators ends short-term funding trend by providing the agency $63.6 billion, or $15.9 billion a year. The bill also allocates funds for the FAA’s next generation air traffic modernization [...]
The Veterans Health Administration said it hopes to have emergency room triage software up and running by August, Fierce Mobile Healthcare reports. Orlando, Fla.-based DSHI Systems has provided the VHA with a call-center based triage service for 12 years. The VHA selected DHSI to develop triage software ER nurses can access on tablets. According to [...]
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation in favor of directing an additional $11 billion in federal contracting awards to smaller firms, Graves’ office announced Tuesday. Through the Government Efficiency Through Small Business Contracting Act, Graves hopes to increase government agencies’ small business quota from 23 percent to 25 percent. The bill would also lift [...]