The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Farhan Khan, a technology leader and former Food and Drug Administration official, as chief information officer. As Khan steps into the FCC’s top IT role, federal
Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has outlined several measures that OFPP has undertaken to implement category management across the government. Rung told Michael Keegan, host of The Business of
More Greg Zacharias, chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, has said that fighter jets might be able to fully control a group of unmanned aircraft systems through the cockpit to perform reconnaissance,
More The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released a document that lists five voluntary best practices for the commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems. Angela Simpson, deputy assistant secretary for
More Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) and Jon Tester (D-Montana) have asked the Office of Personnel Management to provide information on how it will set up a new bureau that would oversee background investigations,
More Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) and Tom Carper (D-Delaware) have requested the Office of Management and Budget to provide updates on a pilot program that seeks to reduce reporting costs for federal contractors in compliance with the Digital Accountability and
More Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said he would advise President Barack Obama to veto the final version of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill if it contains provisions that would underfund
More The full House Appropriations Committee has cleared by a voice vote a defense policy bill that would allocate $517.1 billion in discretionary budget and $58.6 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for
More The General Services Administration plans to unveil an online tool designed to help companies and building owners submit and update space lease offers to federal agencies in response to solicitation for proposals.
More The Senate voted 68-29 Tuesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would authorize $1.1 billion in emergency funds to support efforts that seek to prevent the spread of Zika virus, the New York
More The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have released a final rule that lists 15 security control measures that seek to protect contractors’ data systems as part of amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the
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