Ashton Carter, the Defense Department\'s undersecretary for acquisitions, said the Pentagon can buy things quickly when it truly needs to. But when it comes to supporting overseas contingency operations, he said the country needs a dedicated, permanent \"fast lane\" that leapfrogs DoD\'s notoriously slow methods of buying goods and services.
The Army is hoping a program to mold new civilian leaders will help one of its commands weather the budget storm.
OPM\'s list comes as the president has called for the hiring of 100,000 more people with disabilities by 2015.
The idea is to trade one of your acquisition experts to another agency in exchange for one who knows more about a specific procurement need you have.
Continuing resolutions have turned this fiscal year into a lost year, says Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal
The man in charge of the House Armed Services Committee is changing some rules for 2012 defense authorization bill. Congressman Buck McKeon has moved to keep earmarks out of it.
March 28th and March 30th, 2011 Tangherlini serves as the principal policy advisor on the development and execution of the budget and performance plans for Treasury
The National Security Agency tests a new IT architecture for securing data on mobile devices.
Linda Brooks Rix, Co-CEO of AVUE Technologies, joins host Derrick Dortch for a discussion of how the budget battle is affecting federal hiring and concerns she has about the Office of Personnel Management. March 25, 2011 (Encore presentation April 1, 2011)
Amy Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins are the managing partners and co-founders of consulting firm Isis Associates. And they\'ve put together a list of perils to organization wide meetings.
Career coach Kathryn Troutman of the Resume Place discusses the current federal hiring outlook and how to land a federal job. March 25, 2011
More than 260 service members were discharged under the Pentagon\'s outgoing \"Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell\" policy in the 2010 fiscal year.
Based on new figures, the military expects to spend more than three times what DHS is requesting for cyber operations.
The two agencies plan to implement healthier foods and sustainable options at all concessions in their buildings.
The Postal Service will offer $20,000 early retirement incentives to administrative employees, who must make a decision on whether to leave USPS by late April. RIF notices will be issued on May 25 to any affected employees who do not voluntarily retire or move to a lower grade.