The Senate voted 92-5 Tuesday to confirm Christopher Wray, a litigation partner at international law firm King & Spalding, as FBI director, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Wray’s confirmation came nearly two months after President
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President Donald Trump has appointed Dan Mathews, a more than 20-year veteran staffer at Capitol Hill, as commissioner of the General Services Administration‘s Public Buildings Service. GSA said Friday Mathews will manage the
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John Kelly, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has been tapped by the Trump administration to serve as the new White House chief of staff, The New York Times reported Friday.
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The House voted 253-172 Thursday to pass an amendment to a defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2018 that would continue a ban on outsourcing federal jobs under the Office of Management and
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The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has introduced an interagency project to help federal agencies implement commercial software products faster through an updated authority-to-operate certification process, FCW reported Thursday. Project Boise aims to
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The Department of Homeland Security has hosted a weeklong event for public safety and private organizations to test multiple strategies and technologies designed to identify, locate and address illegal communication systems jamming. DHS said
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The Government Accountability Office has issued a report that describes efforts of select federal agencies to help communities plan and deploy projects related to internet of things. GAO said Wednesday it reviewed data
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The National Research Council of Canada has met with leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security and Navy to discuss model testing and evaluation efforts under a U.S. heavy
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security have partnered to facilitate a workshop on cybersecurity workforce development to address a requirement under Executive Order 13800. NIST said the workshop
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will award up to $50,000 in cash prizes under a new competition that will seek algorithms designed to predict changes in a chemical’s infrared spectrum depending
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