John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA‘s science mission directorate, will retire from his post by the end of April. The four-decade space agency veteran has managed over 100 space missions, including the Curiosity
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Paige Hinkle-Bowles, deputy assistant secretary for civilian personnel policy at the Defense Department, has said DoD has begun to implement an enterprisewide appraisal program for civilian staff performance through its New Beginnings initiative, DoD
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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s minister of national infrastructure, energy and water resources; have signed an agreement to continue an existing clean energy collaboration between the two departments. DOE said Monday the
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Vince Groh, former deputy chief information officer of the Peace Corps, will join U.S. foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation as CIO, FCW reported Friday. Zach Noble writes Groh will work with senior staff
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The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded the use of an online registration system to owners of small unmanned aerial systems that use UAS for public, commercial and other operations other than as model aircraft.
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Sens. Jeff Miller and Marco Rubio have called for language to cover accountability in any legislation that the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee might introduce in the future. The lawmakers said Thursday in a letter to Committee
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The White House has announced developments on cross-agency priority goals to improve the delivery of government services to the public for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. Shaun Donovan, director of the Office
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David Medine has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board at the White House, FCW reported Tuesday. Aisha Chowdhry writes Medine will depart the board on
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The Congressional Budget Office has said a proposed House bill that would provide federal agencies sole authority to launch efforts to protect information technology systems and data from potential network threats would not affect
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The Transportation Department has called on government agencies to participate in efforts to develop a national map of fixed transit routes through voluntary exchanges of fixed- and real-time general data that includes scheduling information. A
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