Search Result
Search Tags: James Miller
Senate confirms wave of DoD nominees, new OFPP administrator
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Joe Jordan as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, as well as nominations for seven key Defense Department positions.
Tags: Joe Jordan , OFPP , DoD , Senate , Frank Kendall , Federal Drive , Erin Conaton , Jessica Wright , Katrina McFarland , Defense Acquisition University , Kathleen Hicks , Derek Chollet , procurement , acquisition , DoD Report
Obama announces 3 key DoD nominations
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees for administration posts, including three in key Defense Department positions. They include nominees for the Pentagon's personnel and policy chiefs and the department's chief weapons buyer.
Tags: acquisition , DoD , people , Erin Conaton , Air Force , Frank Kendall , Clifford Stanley , Jo Ann Rooney , Michele Flournoy , Ashton Carter
USPS makes a case for debt relief
The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to "right-size" its costs and operations.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , Congress , USPS , Patrick Donahoe , Darrell Issa , Louis Giuliano , American Postal Workers' Union , FERS , Dennis Ross , Ed Towns , Gerry Connolly , John Buckner
USPS makes a case for debt relief
The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to "right-size" its costs and operations.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , Congress , USPS , Patrick Donahoe , Darrell Issa , Louis Giuliano , American Postal Workers' Union , FERS , Dennis Ross , Ed Towns , Gerry Connolly , John Buckner
DoD fixing its patchwork quilt of cybersecurity
New Cyber Command will better integrate existing and new computer network defense capabilities. DoD right now is spread too thin to protect its 15,000 networks and 7 million computing devices. The military too often is playing catch up to cyber attacks.
Tags: technology , Keith Alexander , DoD , U.S. Cyber Command , NSA , Ogilvy , cybersecurity , cyberwar
