House Panel OKs $41B Homeland Security Discretionary Budget for FY 2017
The House Appropriations Committee has passed by a voice vote a bill that would allocate $41.1 billion in discretionary funds to...
House Committee Asks GAO to Assess OMB’s Management of Top 10 IT Priority Programs
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has requested the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the Office of Management and...
DoD Unveils Policy for Voluntary Phased Retirement of Full-Time Civilian Personnel
The Defense Department has issued a policy for a voluntary program that aims to permit DoD civilian employees who are...
Mike Poth Offers Updates on FirstNet’s Acquisition Process for Public Safety Broadband Network at Senate Hearing
Mike Poth, CEO of the First Responder Network Authority, has testified before the members of a Senate Commerce subcommittee to...
GSA Seeks to Collect Transactional Procurement Data Via Final Rule; Tom Sharpe, Anne Rung Comment
Tom Sharpe The General Services Administration has finalized a rule that requires federal contractors to report transactional acquisition data and...
GAO: VA, NASA, OPM, NRC Should Address Lapses in Data System Access Controls
The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Veterans Affairs, NASA, Office of Personnel Management and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
Coalition Asks Congress to Reject Rule 41 Changes That Would Authorize Warrants for Remote ‘Govt Hacking’
A coalition of trade groups and technology firms has called on congressional leaders to support a bipartisan bill in an effort...
Air Force’s Randall Walden: B-21 Aircraft Dev’t Contract Value Should Remain Classified
Randall Walden, director and program executive officer of the U.S. Air Force’s rapid capabilities office, has said the value of...
IT Alliance for Public Sector Issues Cybersecurity Recommendations for State Govt Agencies
AÂ division of the Information Technology Industry Council has issued a document that details six recommendations to help state and local...
Reports: DoD Lifts Recruitment Freeze on Civilian Jobs at ‘4th Estate’ Agencies
The Defense Department has ended a hiring freeze on vacant civilian jobs at “fourth state†agencies after such agencies listed in...