President Donald Trump has appointed Dan Mathews, a more than 20-year veteran staffer at Capitol Hill, as commissioner of the General Services Administration‘s Public Buildings Service.

GSA said Friday Mathews will manage the federal real estate portfolio that covers more than 8,600 active assets across the U.S. as well as help the agency acquire, dispose and manage real estate assets to offer space for GSA’s government partners.

He will be sworn in as PBS commissioner on Thursday.

“I look forward to working with [Mathews] to provide our partners in government with the facilities they need to carry out their important missions,” said Tim Horne, acting administrator of GSA.

“Dan’s unique perspective of GSA, developed over more than a decade of helping lead congressional oversight, will be an invaluable asset to PBS and GSA,” Horne added.

Mathews most recently served as staff director for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s  economic development, public buildings and emergency management subcommittee.

GSA noted that Michael Gelber, acting PBS commissioner, will return to his previous role as the service’s deputy commissioner.

John Kelly, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has been tapped by the Trump administration to serve as the new White House chief of staff, The New York Times reported Friday.

Kelly, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, will succeed on Monday the departing Reince Priebus following a feud with Anthony Scaramucci, the White House’s new communications director.

Elaine Duke, who assumed duties as DHS’ deputy secretary in April, will take over as acting DHS secretary in a move that takes effect Monday, the department announced Friday.

Kelly’s appointment at the White House came six months after he assumed the DHS secretary post.

He has been known for implementing the Trump administration’s immigration policies since his appointment at DHS, the report noted.

Kelly previously served as head of the U.S. Southern Command and senior military assistant to the defense secretary during his 45 years in the military.

The House voted 253-172 Thursday to pass an amendment to a defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2018 that would continue a ban on outsourcing federal jobs under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, Government Executive reported Friday.

“The fundamental flaw inherent in the A-76 process is the erroneous underlying methodology used to determine whether or not federal civilian jobs would be outsourced,” said Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pennsylvania), who introduced the bipartisan amendment.

“These studies rely on a process that both the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense concluded could not demonstrate any savings,” he added.

The amendment is part of a potential $789 billion fiscal 2018 spending package the House approved Thursday via a 235-192 vote.

GovExec reported the spending package that is now headed to the Senate would allocate funds to DoD, the Department of Veterans Affairs, legislative branch, military construction efforts as well as energy and water infrastructure programs.

The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has introduced an interagency project to help federal agencies implement commercial software products faster through an updated authority-to-operate certification process, FCW reported Thursday.

Project Boise aims to update the federal government’s software security compliance process that require an agency to obtain an ATO and comply with additional requirements prior to adoption of new commercial software.

The report said 18F also seeks to collaborate with agency chief information security officers, cybersecurity policymakers and private sector organizations in efforts to accelerate turnaround time of ATO certifications.

GSA partnered with the White House’s Office of American Innovation and the American Technology Council to automate the ATO process under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.