R. Alexander Acosta, dean of the Florida International University’s law school, will be  nominated by President Donald Trump as head of the Labor Department.

Acosta previously held various Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed positions in the government such as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, the White House said Thursday.

He also served as chairman of the U.S. Century Bank in Florida and became the first Hispanic to assume the role of assistant attorney general and U.S. attorney for Florida’s southern district.

“His extensive experience has tremendously impressed me and my team and makes us confident that he will lead the Department of Labor with the utmost competence and determination to support the American worker,” said Trump.

“Alex is going to be a key part of achieving our goal of revitalizing the American economy, manufacturing and labor force.”

The Senate voted 51-49 Thursday to confirm Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina) as director of the Office of Management and Budget, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday.

Jordain Carney writes Mulvaney will administer the federal budget process, lead agency performance evaluations and implement strategies and policies for the acquisition of goods and services in the government.

The report said Republican lawmakers expect Mulvaney to help balance President Donald Trump’s spending plans that include proposed tax reduction and infrastructure funding efforts.

“Mulvaney knows that making government more effective and accountable is conducive to economic growth and he knows that getting our fiscal house in order goes hand in hand with compassion,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) was quoted as saying.

The White House has begun work on a new executive order that seeks to implement a reorganization in the federal government, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday.

Jason Miller writes a draft version of the executive order would require federal agencies to identify duplicative programs, back-office operations or services at other bureaus or agencies and assess whether those functions could be merged.

The draft document would direct the Office of Management of Budget to submit to President Donald Trump a governmentwide plan that would recommend ways on how to eliminate or consolidate agencies and functions as well as suggest regulatory changes to facilitate the government reorganization.

The draft document also requires OMB to seek public feedback on plans related to the reorganization effort, Miller reports.

The draft order could be released this week once the Senate confirms Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina) as OMB director, according to the report.

NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot wants the space agency to examine the feasibility of including astronauts on the Space Launch System rocket’s first integrated flight with the Orion spacecraft, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.

Jeff Foust writes Lightfoot directed Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for human exploration and operations at NASA, to launch a study into potential technical and schedule challenges that may arise if the agency adds a crew to Exploration Mission 1.

NASA currently plans to launch the EM-1 mission without astronauts in 2018 then deploy EM-2 as the first crewed SLS flight in 2021.

Allison Miller, a Lockheed Martin spokeswoman, said the company will support NASA on the feasibility study as the Orion prime contractor.

“We’ll look at accelerating remaining crew system designs, as well as potential technical and schedule challenges and how to mitigate them,” Miller added, according to the report.

Alma Cole, formerly vice president of Robbins Gioia‘s cybersecurity business, has rejoined the Customs and Border Protection as chief information security officer and executive director of the cybersecurity directorate at CBP, MeriTalk reported Wednesday.

Morgan Lynch writes Cole succeeded former CBP CISO Shaun Khalfan, who left the agency in January to serve as head of the information risk program at Freddie Mac.

Cole previously served as chief systems security officer of CBP from 2012 to 2013 and director of the Department of Homeland Security‘s Cyber Operations Center from 2007 to 2012.

Prior to DHS, he worked as an information technology security analyst at the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center and an IT analyst at the Government Accountability Office.