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 Office of Management and Budget has detailed some of President Barack Obama’s proposals for investments under the president’s fiscal year 2017 budget plan. Jamal Brown, OMB press secretary, wrote in a blog article published Wednesday
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Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has called for investments in the Medicaid information technology in an effort to help with customer service work. Slavitt wrote
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Williams, head of the Office of Military Cooperation, has been nominated to become the commander of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. His nomination
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Stacey Dixon, former deputy director of the InnoVision organization at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , has joined the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity as deputy director. She will be responsible for IARPA’s multi-disciplinary research programs
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Sean Conway, formerly legal adviser in the Federal Communications Commission’s wireless telecommunications bureau, has been appointed as deputy director of the FCC’s legislative affairs office. Conway was previously an attorney adviser in
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The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have pointed to a lacking cyber culture as one factor that led to the series of Office of Personnel Management data breaches in June 2015, FCW reported
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Bob Fortna, vice president of federal defense sector at Juniper Networks, has prescribed five practices he says are necessary to build the data center of the future. Fortna wrote in an opinion
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Eric Fanning is set to resign as acting Army secretary while the Senate Armed Services Committee has yet to hold a confirmation hearing for his nomination to the post, Defense News reported
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is set to discuss a number of bills intended to change the rules on Senior Executive Service accountability and paid leaves, Federal News Radio reported
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President Barack Obama is considering U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson as his nomination to the leadership post at U.S. Northern Command, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes Robinson previously served as deputy
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