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Jerry McGinn is the principal deputy director for the U.S. Defense Department‘s office of manufacturing and industrial base policy and holds responsibility over the development of studies, guidelines and policies concerning the defense industrial supply chain. He rejoined DoD in July 2015 after leading Virginia-based McGinn Defense Consulting as president. …

An advisory committee for the Federal Aviation Administration consisting of U.S. aviation regulators and industry representatives is working on measures to protect airlines from hackers, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Andy Pasztor writes that the panel is scheduled to meet this month amid industry concerns on potential vulnerabilities to cyber …

Joe Paiva, chief information officer of the Commerce Department‘s International Trade Administration, says that he is planning to outsource the agency’s commodity IT functions by July to focus on its internal IT operations, FCW reported Friday. Mark Rockwell writes that Paiva is considering what he called “extreme” outsourcing of networking, printing and device …

James Schnurr, a retired vice chairman and senior professional practice director from Deloitte, will join the Securities and Exchange Commission in October as chief accountant and succeed Paul Beswick. SEC said Tuesday Schnurr will implement accounting and auditing policy, work to help bolster performance of auditors at public companies and offer oversight on financial reporting. “His deep knowledge …

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has appointed Robin Lineberger, a Deloitte partner and former board member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, to his advisory council on revenue estimates. Thomas Farrell of Dominion Resources, B. Keith Fulton of Verizon Communications and Stephen Movius of Northrop Grumman have also been named to …

A new report released by the Partnership for Public Service has indicated a decline in federal employees’ views on government support for innovation from 2012 to 2013, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy Medici writes 54.7 percent of survey respondents say they find ways to improve on their work and 33.4 …

A report from Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service indicates that three federal agencies use a shared support services method in order to fulfill organizational tasks and missions, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Michael O’Connell writes the “Helping Government Deliver: Transforming Mission and Support Services” report looks at the framework’s …

Deloitte and Partnership for Public Service have released an annual report that ranks the best government agencies to work for based on employee satisfaction, GovExec reported Wednesday. Eric Katz writes NASA scored highest among large agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. topped the mid-size agency category and the Surface Transportation …

Federal agencies could reduce their information technology workforces in 2014 amid governmentwide budget cuts, cloud computing migrations and program consolidation initiatives, Federal Times reported Monday. Andy Medici writes many agencies have cloud-based services and program integration plans in their long term strategies. Van Hitch, a senior adviser at Deloitte, told the …

Deloitte‘s public sector partners have reacted to the recently released budget put out by the United Kingdom’s budget office in relation to its impact on public finances, education and policies, Mondaq reports. Rebecca George, Deloitte public sector partner, said the government faces a tougher Spending Review in June and that “austerity …