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Inside the Reporter's Notebook: Reverse auctions for IT; DHS' answers not satisfying; Contractor salary cap proposal returns
News and buzz in the acquisition and IT communities that you may have missed this week.
Tags: technology , acquisition , Inside the Reporters Notebook , OFPP , Matthew Blum , Frank Kendall , DoD , contractor compensation , DHS , Bennie Thompson , Richard Spires , GSA , Mark Day , cloud computing , Margie Graves , Berry Berkowitz , Jason Miller
2 Obama cabinet nominees clear Senate committee
Tags: Transportation Department , Penny Pritzker , Anthony Foxx , people , Senate
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine the impact of a potential U.S trade partnership with the European Union.
May 30, 2013
Tags: acquisition , international trade , foreign trade , State of the Union , Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership , European Union , Ken Monahan , Allen Scott , Capital Impact , Bloomberg Government
Obama nominates Pritzker, Froman for economic jobs
Tags: Penny Pritzker , Michael Froman , John Bryson , Barack Obama , people
NOAA plans for 4 furlough days, begins talking to unions
Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.
Tags: NOAA , NWS , furlough , sequestration , budget , Ciaran Clayton , Michael OConnell , Kathryn Sullivan
Commerce considering managed service to fix cyber weakness
The Commerce Department issued a request-for-information asking for input from vendors around 11 cyber capabilities.
Tags: Jason Miller , technology , industry , acquisition , cybersecurity ,
New FOIA portal promotes transparency, eases agency interactions
The Environmental Protection Agency partnered with the Commerce Department and National Archives to launch a new online portal aimed at streamlining the Freedom of Information Act request process for both the public and federal agencies.
Tags: FOIA , FOIAOnline , NARA , EPA , Regulations.gov , Katherine McFate , OMB Watch , open government , transparency , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , information sharing
Patent offices coming to Silicon Valley, 3 cities
The federal government is opening regional patent offices in Silicon Valley and three other areas as part of efforts to reduce a backlog and hire experts not willing to move to the Washington area.
Tags: USPTO , technology , Silicon Valley
Commerce proposes changes to digital signatures
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked for comments about its proposed revisions to the Digital Signatures Standard.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , NIST , FIPS
Minority business agency boasts strong performance
David Hinson, national director of the Minority Business Development Agency, spoke to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the benefits his agency has seen by restructuring its nationwide organization.
Tags: MBDA , David Hinson , Minority Business Development Agency , minority-owned businesses , Federal Drive , Barack Obama
