Patrick Shanahan
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In today's Federal Newscast, in the wake of a report which says corruption is getting worse, Acting Director of the Office of Government Ethics reminds federal employees about the oath they take to perform their duties.
February 15, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Lamar Smith is not satisfied with the answers he received from the Homeland Security Department on how they are making sure Kaspersky Lab products are out of federal networks.
February 02, 2018 -
DoD's acquisition, technology and logistics split is finally here and this is what workers can expect.
February 01, 2018 -
Deputy Defense secretary Patrick Shanahan alters the membership of DoD's Cloud Executive Working Group, removing its acquisition chief, adding its CIO.
January 08, 2018 -
The Defense Department is prepared to deal with issues if Congress can't pass a spending bill or it agrees to another continuing resolution.
December 21, 2017 -
Coalition for Government Procurement President Roger Waldron says a single award DoD Enterprise Cloud Acquisition contract would risk locking-in DoD to a single approach.
December 15, 2017 -
The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments sent answers to Congress about the oversight and timeline of joint electronic health records.
November 20, 2017 -
U.S. Transportation Command has begun what may well be the most aggressive cloud computing migration the Defense Department has ever attempted, both in terms of its scale and of its pace.
November 13, 2017 -
This week, the Senate confirmed a new deputy secretary of Defense, four more prospective DoD officials underwent their confirmation hearings, and the White House settled on candidates for two more Pentagon political appointees. But 30 of the department's political jobs still have no nominees.
July 20, 2017 -
Slowly but surely, the Trump Administration’s Pentagon team is continuing to take shape. The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Patrick Shanahan as deputy secretary of Defense, the White House nominated one more official to serve in a key undersecretary position, and four more Pentagon nominees went to Capitol Hill for their confirmation hearings. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu updates Federal Drive with Tom Temin on where things stand.
July 19, 2017 -
At the confirmation hearing for Patrick Shanahan, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman admonished the nominee for deputy Defense secretary to resubmit his written answers with more detail, saying that the Senate will not serve as a "rubber stamp" for Defense nominees.
June 21, 2017 -
Six Democrats sent Trump a letter urging him to fill vacancies in the Pentagon. Trump has been under fire from both sides of the aisle for dragging his feet on nominating people to fill Senate-confirmed positions.
April 28, 2017