The Senate has confirmed Kirsten Davies, a technology and cybersecurity leader, as the Department of War’s chief information officer. Be part of the conversation shaping government technology at the Potomac Officers Club’s
The Department of Defense has released a memo directing heads of component agencies to review and validate existing consulting services contracts. The Feb. 18 memo issued to senior Pentagon leadership, defense agencies
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The Senate on Wednesday voted 52-46 to confirm Kelly Loeffler, a former senator from Georgia, as head of the Small Business Administration. In this capacity, Loeffler will lead a cabinet-level federal agency
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Secretary of Defense and 2025 Wash100 winner Pete Hegseth has ordered Department of Defense officials to conduct a review and find approximately $50 billion in the Biden administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Howard Lutnick, most recently chairman and CEO of investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as the 41st secretary of the Department of Commerce in a 51-45 vote. The Hill
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Robert Metzger, head of the Washington D.C. office at law firm Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, shared his insights on a new Department of Defense guidance for determining certification levels and administering waiver authority
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The General Services Administration has released two deviations to the Federal Acquisition Regulations, or FAR, and procurement practices to implement three recent executive orders, including the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based
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Scott Jones, chief information officer of the Selective Service System, said SSS is close to completing the initial phase of its modernization effort for its registration system, which will enable the agency
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The Defense Innovation Unit has announced the selection of 23 unmanned aircraft systems and 14 UAS components and software that will transition to cybersecurity review and the National Defense Authorization Act, or
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Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Government Group, said the public sector experiences fraud at a rate of about 20 percent compared with about 3 percent in the private sector. At
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Brianne Ogilvie, a more than a decade VA executive, as deputy executive director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or OSDBU. The
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