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Senate confirms Bryson to head Commerce Department
The Senate voted Thursday to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of former utility executive John Bryson to head the Commerce Department, easily overcoming conservatives' objections that his pro-environmental views made him unsuited for the job.
Tags: John Bryson , Congress , Senate , people
Executive Pay Rules Changing
Tags: stimulus , compensation standards , Treasury , Timothy Geithner , Barbara Franklin , Commerce
Will the Census Stand Alone?
Tags: mngt , Census , Max Cacas , Census Bureau
Commerce to buy IT more strategically
CIO Simon Szykman said the department has a goal of $50 million in savings through strategic sourcing and that commodity technology will play a big role in achieving that mark. He said the agency also is looking at expanding NOAA's IT services contract so the rest of the department can use it.
Tags: technology , contracting , Simon Sykman , NOAA , policy , Jason Miller , IT purchasing , Commodity IT
Commerce asks for cybersecure business ideas
The Department of Commerce wants your ideas on the cybersecurity in an Internet-connected economy. Find out how you can comment on the department's report "Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy".
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , industry , In Depth
Interagency group to promote job creation
Tags: Matthew McGuire , industry , Management , policy
CommerceConnect program is expanding
Newly cross-trained Commerce staff working in existing local department offices are beginning to assist Chicago area businesses in collaboration with state and local partners. We get details from Commerce's Dennis Alvord.
Tags: Federal Drive , Management , Commerce , Dennis Alvord , CommerceConnect
In case of emergency, pull on telework
Telework proves itself again when a Continuity of Operations Plan comes together.
Tags: technology , Telework Ceter , telework , GSA , Martha Johnson , Polycom , Suzanne Kubota
Fire closes Commerce's Hoover Building
A fire at the U.S. Department of Commerce has shut down the Hoover Building in D.C.. Construction workers had been doing asbestos abatement when the fire started in a storage room. Crews were able to quickly put out the fire but employees are being encouraged to take administrative leave or telework.
Tags: Management , pay and benefits , Commerce , COOP , Amy Morris
