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President Barack Obama has nominated Michael Huerta, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to officially head the agency. Huerta, the deputy FAA administrator, has led the agency on an acting basis since December when former FAA head Randy Babbitt resigned in the wake of a drunken driving arrest.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unveiled a bill to overhaul a decade-old law detailing how federal agencies protect their computer networks from cybersecurity threats. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the committee, told Federal News Radio the Office of Management and Budget is better poised to be a \"fair arbitrator\" than the Homeland Security Department.
The FBI\'s chief information officer, Chad Fulgham, will step down next month after three years at the helm of the agency\'s information technology efforts, the FBI announced in a release.
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Obama and \"thousands and thousands\" of federal workers, for creating an attack on free enterprise.
The military may be the biggest user of energy in the federal government, but the Navy is doing its part to lessen the load, according to Tom Hicks, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for energy.
The Postal Service is on Capitol Hill today pitching its strategy to withdraw employees from the federal health insurance program.
The Defense Logistics Agency\'s food distribution centers in Afghanistan have provided fresher food to troops and created thousands of jobs for local Afghans.
Conformity assessment is \"determining if people, products and services meet requirements,\" said Gordon Gillerman, the director of standards services for the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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The online, collaborative portal, managed by the Defense Acquisition University, features 400 articles on common defense acquisition topics. Each entry provides a definition, a brief narrative and links to policy guidance and other tools.
An office within the National Archives and Records Administration, told a congressional subcommittee a new governmentwide portal could help agencies better manage the hundreds of thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests the government receives each year.
Army officials announced the service is on track to more than double a Presidential goal for investments in energy efficiency projects. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Richard Kidd, said the Army would likely invest $800 million in performance-based contracts over the next two years to realize energy savings and efficiencies at its multitude of bases and facilities.
The general counsel for the Senior Executives Association says the STOCK Act will increase the reporting burden on the federal government\'s top managers.