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
Employees in the U.S. Intelligence Community funded under the National Intelligence Program budget will not be subject to furloughs resulting from sequestration, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Lauren Larson writes James Clapper,
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The Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner in a 91-7 vote Wednesday as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, a role she has held on an acting basis since 2010, Reuters reports. David
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Steven Miller, acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner since November 2012, resigned Wednesday after a watchdog report outlined how the agency targeted some political advocacy groups seeking tax exempt status, the Washington Post
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The General Services Administration will introduce a navigation tool designed to help federal, state and local government users examine products and services under information technology contracts, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes
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Elizabeth McGrath, Defense Department deputy chief management officer, told the Excellence in Government Forum Tuesday the Pentagon will increasingly focus on operations costs as the Pentagon seeks to find what drives them, American
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Acting General Service Administration chief Dan Tangherlini wants agency personnel to submit ideas intended to help make the GSA more efficient, GovExec reports. Eric Katz writes GSA has received 600 new concepts
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Navy Adm. William McRaven, U.S. Special Operations Command chief, said Tuesday the command wants to forge global partnerships as part of a strategy to help train foreign warfighters, Military.com reported Wednesday. Kris
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Robert Hale, Defense Department comptroller, told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Friday that most projects under the Pentagon’s $9.5 billion military construction budget will not be affected by sequestration budget cuts, the American Forces
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The National Security Agency has started developing a cloud computing platform intended to help secure the governmentâs network infrastructure, FedScoop reported Friday. David Stegon writes NSA has reached out to the countryâs
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Rep. Richard Nolan (D-Minn.) has written a letter to the Commerce Department asking it to not furlough the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s workers and reprogram funds to manage sequestration. Nolan asked Deputy
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