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House Armed Services sets up acquisition panel
The House Armed Services Committee today formed a panel to figure out how best to reform the Defense Department's acquisition programs and processes.
Tags: contracting , Ike Skelton , Jim McHugh , Jim Andrews , Mike Conaway , Clair McCaskill , Carl Levin , John McCain , House Armed Services Committee , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , DoD , acquisition reform
One more year of pay freeze, contracting cuts in Senate committee recs
A Senate committee is recommending the super committee consider one more year of a federal pay freeze, increases to retirement contributions and a 15 percent cut to contracting at agencies.
Tags: Congress , super committee , Susan Collins , Joe Lieberman , pay and benefits , pay freeze , budget , management , workforce , Jolie Lee , Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government , Senate
Lawmakers commit to cybersecurity in letter
A group of influential lawmakers send the President a letter emphasizing the need to strengthen national cybersecurity, emphasizing their concerns and recommendations.
Tags: technology , Joesph Lieberman , Harry Reid , Jay Rockefeller , Carl Levin , Dianne Feinstein , Patrick Leahy , John Kerry , Anna Eshoo , Howard Schmidt , Barack Obama , White House , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , cybersecurity , cyberspace coordinator , Meg Beasley
Sen. Collins says no to WH cybersecurity coordinator
Five months after he announced it as a priority for his administration, President Obama still has not named a White House cybersecurity coordinator. Now, two U.S. Senators who are friends and normally see eye-to-eye on other matters find themselves in opposite corners on this issue.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Susan Collins , Randy Sabett , Sonnenschien, Nath and Rosenthal , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , President Obama
Senate plots cybercrime counterattack
This Fall, the Senate is expected to consider legislation designed to improve cybersecurity in the private sector, and help businesses combat cyber criminals. A Senate panel heard testimony on the scope, and the seriousness of the problem yesterday.
Tags: tech , cybersecurity , Joseph Lieberman , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Robert Carr , Heartland Payment Systems , William Nelson, , Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysi , Michael Merritt , U.S. Secret Service
CPO: from the private sector to the federal government
The Federal government's first "Chief Performance Officer" faces off with a Senate Committee hearing testimony for his nomination. Jeffrey Zients talks about the difference between managing in the private and public sector, the PART legacy from the Bush Administration, and how he views the expected retirement tsunami in the federal government.
Tags: mngt , nominations , transition , Office of Management and Budget , Jeffrey Zients , Senator Joe Lieberman , Senator Susan Collins , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate: Con artists are using stimulus scams to fleece citizens
A Federal agency is leading the charge against crooks seeking to trick people out of their money by prominently mentioning the word "stimulus" in their scams. A Senate committee makes the effort part of recent oversight hearings on stimulus spending.
Tags: stimulus , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Susan Collins , Jon Leibovitz , Federal Trade Commission , Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board , Max Cacas
CRS details cyber questions for Congress
The Congressional Research Service outlined seven areas for lawmakers to consider to get further involved in oversight and control of the government's cybersecurity initiative.
Tags: technology , CRS , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Federation of American Scientists , cybersecurity
Senate studies whistleblower bill
A Senate committee takes up a bill to beef up legal and employment protection for federal whistleblowers. The legislation, for which there is a companion bill making its way through the House, is favored by the Obama Administration and federal employee labor unions, but is opposed by at least one large group representing federal managers.
Tags: mngt , whistleblower , Senator Daniel Akaka , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Bill Bransford , Senior Executives Association , Tom Devine , Government Accountability Project
Congress to extend deadline for Postal Service debt
The Postal Service would get seven more weeks to pay a $5.5 billion debt to the Treasury under the continuing resolution passed Monday by the Senate. A House version includes the same provision. The bill is due on Friday.
Tags: continuing resolution , USPS , Congress , Tom Carper , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , budget , Emily Kopp , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
