The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
Judy Mares, vice president and chief investment officer at ATK, is joining the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor as the new political deputy assistant secretary by October, aiCIO reported Tuesday.
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Former Pentagon technology officials are asking Congress to revisit plans announced in June to merge the Pentagon’s chief information officer office with the office of deputy chief management officer, Federal News Radio
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Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are pushing for a re-evaluation of a current plan to permanently house the U.S. African Command in Stuttgart, Germany, The Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday. In a letter
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An organization representing top federal managers claims that proposed legislation to ban bonuses for senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs is “counter-productive,” GovExec reports Tuesday. Eric Katz writes the Senior Executives
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said Tuesday afternoon he is hopeful that the full chamber can take up the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill by the end of the calendar
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Both the Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies would receive additional funding flexibility to maintain their current staffing levels under a continuing resolution introduced by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal
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The Missile Defense Agency intercepted two medium-range ballistic missile targets during a missile defense flight test near the U.S. Army’s Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site and surrounding areas in the western Pacific. MDA
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The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has directed civilian agencies to use a central repository maintained by the Federal Acquisition Institute that contains training and certification info on acquisition workers. Increased use of
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The Defense Department has scaled back plans to fully audit its budget by September 2014 and will instead examine nearly 77 percent of its funds through a âSchedule of Budgetary Activity,â Federal Times
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Jim Bradley, formerly assistant public printer for operations at the Government Printing Office for two years, has been appointed to serve as the agency’s deputy director. The 17-year agency veteran will oversee marketing
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