The Obama administration on Wednesday will propose cutting the top corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent, a senior administration official told Reuters. The proposal also would cut the manufacturing corporate tax rate to 25 percent. The Treasury Department will release its plan to reform the corporate tax code Wednesday, according to Reuters. The [...]

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 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 [...]

Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai wants to use multiple approaches to handle mobile device usage in the Pentagon, she told the “Leadership” executive journal. “Leadership” is published quarterly by CGI‘s collaborative government initiative. The Pentagon hosts a highly mobile workforce in a time of mobile device proliferation and Takai told “Leadership” the Pentagon [...]

Federal employees with a high school education and a four-year college degree receive higher compensation than similar private sector employees, according to the Congressional Budget Office. CBO released its findings Monday on differences in compensation — wages and benefits — between federal and private sector employees. The CBO said it used level of education, work [...]

In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama called for money that was previously being spent for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to be used to rebuild America’s infrastructure. “So much of America needs to be rebuilt,” Obama said. “We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges; a power grid that wastes too much energy; [...]

In an effort to increase transparency, the Committee on House Administration launched a public portal Tuesday to act as a central hub for House documents, according to The Hill newspaper. All legislation in consideration by the House as well as committee statements will be located on the new site, docs.house.gov. According to the newspaper, House [...]

On Friday, President Obama will ask Congress for the power to merge six federal trade and commerce agencies, the Wall Street Journal reports. The report says Obama will ask Congress for “reorganizational” power. The last president to have this power was Ronald Reagan. The new power would allow the president to propose mergers in order to [...]

Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett has retired as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Pollett transferred directorship to U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins, Jr., during a ceremony at the agency’s headquarters complex, DISA announced Wednesday. Pollett wast appointed to his position at DISA in 2008. He is retiring after more than [...]

The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday it is looking to eliminate an additional 4,500 positions as a continuation of its fiscal year 2012 civilian restructure, according to a release. “We value our talented and experienced workforce and are trying to do everything possible to manage these reductions with as little impact to our people as [...]