President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Nick Nayak is set to return to the Internal Revenue Service as chief procurement officer, Federal Times reported Friday. Jill Aitoro writes Nayak will succeed David Dasher, who will take the role
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Ron Thompson, Department of Health and Human Servicesâ executive director of information technology infrastructure and operations, will join the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Office of Information and Technologyâs principal deputy
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The U.S. Congress has reached an omnibus appropriations deal that allocates $573 billion for defense operations and $163 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs in fiscal year 2016, Marine Times reported
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NATO and Ukraine have inked a roadmap to carry out a number of activities related to defense cooperation. Patrick Auroy, NATO assistant secretary general for defense investment, and Oleg Gladkovskyi, deputy secretary of
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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford has said the Defense Department needs a new staff with a complete view of combatant commanders in order to address regional threats, Defense One reported Monday. The
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Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have filed a bill that seeks to overhaul the way the federal government manages information technology software licenses. The proposed Making Electronic Government Accountable By
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The Federal Aviation Administration has introduced a web-based registration process for small unmanned aerial systems that weigh between 0.55 pounds and 55 pounds. New FAA rules require the owner of a small UAS who
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Cherry Murray, formerly a professor of technology, public policy and physics at Harvard University, has been confirmed as director of the Energy Departmentâs Office of Science. Murray will be responsible for research
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The U.S. National Guard plans to activate 13 additional cyber units across 23 states by the end of fiscal year 2019 as part of efforts to grow the Defense Departmentâs cyber workforce. U.S. Army Gen.
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to test a biometric technology at the Otay Mesa crossing as part of an effort to bolster the identification process for non-U.S. citizens that enter
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