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
Elisse Walter, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, outlined two new agency initiatives aimed at using big data to follow activity in the financial markets, Fierce Government IT reports. According to Greg Slabodkin‘s
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The White House is still working out the specifics on how many non-Defense Department civilian employees will be furloughed if automatic cuts under sequestration take effect Friday, Federal News Radio reports. Danny
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Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale believes the Pentagon is more likely to not award contract options or award new contracts if sequestration takes effect March 1. The Pentagon plans to continue making
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray plans to suggest the federal government put a new FBI headquarters in Poplar Point, a federally-owned property located between Interstate 295 and the Anacostia River. The Washington Post
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Steven VanRoekel, federal chief information officer, believes the current federal information technology setup does not need new laws that would aim to improve management of federal IT. VanRoekel told Information Week the
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The Government Accountability Office will not need to furlough its employees to manage automatic cuts under sequestration scheduled to take effect March 1, the agency’s chief says in a memo obtained by
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The White House is considering new laws and wants to work with allied governments on stopping theft of trade secrets from U.S. businesses, Reuters reports. Doug Palmer writes the White House released
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Robert Work, Navy undersecretary, is joining the national defense and security think tank Center for a New American Security as CEO and will start his new position April 22. Work succeeds Nate
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The Department of Homeland Security has reduced spending on noncompetitive contracts each year since fiscal year 2008, going from $3.5 billion in that year to $389 million in fiscal 2012, DHS’ inspector
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has formally notified Congress of the Pentagon’s plans to furlough its civilian employees in the event of sequestration cuts, Reuters reports. Most of the Defense Department‘s 800,000 civilian
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