President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
The General Services Administration has kicked off its search for the new director of IT Schedule programs within the Federal Acquisition Service through a resume-based hiring process. Applicants are required to submit
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Reps. Steve Russell and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma have authored a new bill that seeks to allow the state’s military installations to recruit additional employees. The proposed Department of Defense Workforce Flexibility Act
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. National Guard‘s cyber squadrons could be called upon to participate in the campaign against the Islamic State militant group, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes the
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The Government Accountability Office has called on 10 agencies to establish their planned cost savings goals through data center closures and urged 22 agencies to boost performance in data center optimization. Those
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NASA has postponed the launch of the robotic part for its Asteroid Redirect Mission to December 2021 instead of 2020 to allocate time for the mission’s concept studies, Space News reported Thursday.
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The Department of the Navy has released a new memo that aims to outline differences in the responsibilities of the branch’s cybersecurity and information technology workforces, FCW reported Friday. Sean Lyngaas writes the memo
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened the comment period for its draft publication on cloud computing accessibility as part of an effort to help employees with disabilities utilize the
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Douglas Loverro serves as deputy assistant secretary for space policy at the Defense Department, where he oversees efforts to develop policy and guidance for the department’s space-related matters. The Senior Executive Service
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Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, wants to have the so-called revolving door laws revamped as part of an effort to attract more talent to the government, Federal News
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The U.S. Air Force has examined the possibility of a new three-satellite constellation as part of an effort to meet the Defense Department’s future wideband communications requirements, Space News reported Tuesday. Mike Gruss
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