Lawmakers have included language in a fiscal year 2014 “omnibus” spending bill that would change some supply chain regulations for four agencies regarding purchases from China, FCW reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes the rules,
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has found that the Office of Budget and Management does not update the government’s information technology dashboard when the budget process is ongoing, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday.
MoreAn omnibus funding bill unveiled by legislators Monday evening includes a measure that provides the Defense Department with a $572 billion budget for the current fiscal year, Defense News reported Monday. John Bennett
MoreThe Labor Department has worked toward achieving the agencyâs goals by adopting a “Moneyball” approach to its operations, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Seth Harris, deputy labor secretary and chief operating officer, writes the
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A consortium led by the Georgia Tech Research Institute has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Energy Department to develop, validate and demonstrate a tool for detecting cyber attacks in
MoreThe Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has once again approved the nomination of Terrell McSweeny as the next commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, Reuters reported Monday. Diane Bartz writes
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has enlisted Accenture to install a new electronic payment system intended to accept automatic payment from current SmarTrip cards, Nextgov reported Monday. Bob Brewin writes that
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Arati Prabhakar, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has expressed concern on the cost of performing research in space for national security requirements, the American Forces Press Service reported Monday. Cheryl
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Senate and House appropriators released details of a $1.1 trillion spending package deal Monday night and their proposal seeks to restore funding for some domestic programs, Politico reported Monday. David Rogers writes
MoreThe National Security Agency will be using the treated wastewater of Howard County, Md. to cool systems inside the agency’s new data center at Fort Meade, the Baltimore Sun reported Dec. 31.
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