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Andrew Ceresney is set to leave the Securities and Exchange Commission by the end of 2016 as enforcement director after nearly four years in the job. SEC said Thursday Stephanie Avakian, deputy...

President Barack Obama has decided to increase the salary of federal civilian employees by 2.1 percent in fiscal 2017 to equal military pay raise mandated under the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, Federal News Radio reported Thursday....

House lawmakers voted 326-96 Thursday to pass a stopgap spending bill that would fund government operations through the end of April 2017, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday. Sarah Ferris writes Republican leaders expect...

Andy Puzder President-elect Donald Trump has nominated CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder as secretary of the Labor Department, USA Today reported Thursday. USA Today's David Jackson quoted Trump as saying that Puzder can help the incoming...

Linda McMahon, a former Senate candidate in Connecticut, has been nominated by president-elect Donald Trump as head of the Small Business Administration, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Peter Nicholas writes...

John Kelly President-elect Donald Trump has picked John Kelly, a retired Marine general and former head of the U.S. Southern Command, to lead the Department of Homeland Security in the...

President Barack Obama intends to nominate Thomas Murphy, principal deputy undersecretary for benefits at the Department of Veteran Affairs, as VA undersecretary for benefits, the White House announced Tuesday. Murphy concurrently performs the...

Mark Bradley, director of the Freedom of Information Act declassification and pre-publication review at the Justice Department, has been appointed director of the National Archives and Records Administration's information security...

NASA has chosen a consortium led by the University of Oklahoma for a five-year Earth science mission to measure greenhouse gases and vegetation health from space as part of efforts to better understand the...

A bill that would require federal agencies to develop a career path for program managers is now headed to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature after the Senate...