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  • Lawrence Hale Director of the Center for Strategic Solutions and Security Services in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Lawrence Hale is Director of the Center for Strategic Solutions and Security Services in GSA’s Federal Acquisition…

    October 15, 2012
  • Tony Busseri Chief Executive Officer Route1 Tony Busseri leads the management team in executing Route1’s strategic vision. Mr. Busseri is an entrepreneurial executive with a track record of producing results and shareholder value. He is…

    October 12, 2012
  • Sam Chun Director, Cyber Security Practice U.S. Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services Hewlett-Packard Company Samuel Chun is the director of the Cybersecurity Practice for HP Enterprise Services U.S. Public Sector. He is responsible for the…

    October 12, 2012
  • Now what? Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged yesterday sending a drone into Israel, which was shot down last weekend after flying some 25 miles (55 km) into Israeli territory. Nasrallah said in a televised speech that the drone was Iranian-made. Israeli warplanes shot down the unmanned plane, but the infiltration marked a rare breach of Israel's tightly guarded airspace. Already under pressure in Lebanon, Hezbollah is under pressure from rivals who accuse it of putting Lebanon at risk of getting sucked into regional turmoil.

    October 12, 2012
  • Debbie Matz was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the eighth board chair of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).

    October 11, 2012
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Reps. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., address job creation ahead of Election Day. D.C. Labor FilmFest Director Chris Garlock and National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Government Relations and Policy Director Dan Adcock also appear.

    October 10, 2012
  • U.S. and Iraqi officials say the extremist group has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts, seizing on regional instability and government security failures. Iraq has seen a jump in al-Qaida attacks over the last 10 weeks, and officials believe most of the fighters are former prisoners who have either escaped from jail or were released by Iraqi authorities for lack of evidence after the U.S. military withdrawal last December. Many are said to be Saudi or from Sunni-dominated Gulf states.

    October 10, 2012
  • What will happen to General William "Kip" Ward, the former head of the U.S. Africa Command. A DoD Inspector General's report concluded that he spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lavish travel and other expenses. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is among those who believe that War should be allowed to retire at his full four-star general rank. Retiring as a three star would mean about $208,000, a four star general officer make more than $236,000.

    October 10, 2012
  • Howard Hays, MD, MSPH, is the acting director of the Office of Information Technology and acting chief information officer. Dr. Hays is a family physician and commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service. A…

    October 08, 2012
  • The Indian Health Service is using the success of the Veterans Affairs e-health record program to update its own systems. IHS Acting Chief Information Officer Howard Hays spoke to Federal News Radio's Agency of the Month show about the upgrade.

    October 08, 2012
  • Tom Dugard from Affirmational Leadership Consulting and Kathie Lingle from WorldatWork will discuss the leadership qualities that federal managers should have. October 5, 2012

    October 05, 2012
  • Associate Director for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Brian McGrath has been the U.S. Census Bureau’s Associate Director for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer since May 24, 2009. McGrath oversees the information technology…

    October 05, 2012
  • The growing challenges faced by government agencies today demand a new way of managing existing IT assets while accelerating the adoption of disruptive technologies such as Cloud and Mobility to drive increased efficiencies. How can…

    October 05, 2012
  • Group Vice President, Portfolio Solutions Unisys, Federal Systems Peter Gallagher is the Group Vice President for Portfolio Solutions in Unisys Federal Systems. His team identifies, architects and builds Federal technology solutions that leverage Unisys worldwide…

    October 05, 2012