Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert Revises Gov’t HR Certification Program
Margaret Weichert, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, issued a memo on Wednesday implementing the Delegated Examining Certification ...
GSA to Complete Schedule Consolidation Activities by Year’s End
The General Services Administration is continuing efforts to unify 24 schedules into one contract vehicle to support its goal of ...
Navy to Commission HII-Built USS Paul Ignatius Missile Destroyer
The USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) guided-missile destroyer is scheduled to be commissioned into naval service on July 27 at Port Everglades in Fort ...
DOE to Award Grants For Quantum Information Science Research Projects
The Department of Energy will award $37M in grants supporting research projects to grow the quantum information science area. DOE said ...
US CTO Nominee Michael Kratsios Puts Focus on Emerging Tech
Michael Kratsios said during a confirmation hearing that he would focus on the “industries of the future” if confirmed as ...
Raytheon Reports 8 Percent Increase in Strong 2019 Second Quarter Results; Thomas Kennedy Quoted
Raytheon announced on Thursday that the company’s net sales were $7.2 billion in the second quarter of 2019, which represents ...
HHS Awards NCI $49M IDIQ Contract; Paul Dillahay Quoted
NCI announced on Thursday that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a five-year, $49 million indefinite delivery/indefinite ...
KBR Begins Working on EPC Phase of Methanex’s Geismar 3 Methanol Project; Stuart Bradie Quoted
KBR announced on Thursday that Methanex has approved the company to start working on the detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction ...
Christopher Wray on FBI’s Efforts to Fight Threats Posed by Russia, China
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Russia continues to carry out election interference efforts and that the U.S. considers China as the ...
Mark Esper Directs Creation of PFAS Chemical Contamination Task Force
Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 Award winner Mark Esper is calling on the Department of Defense to create a task ...