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  NASA has elevated acting CIO Jeff Seaton to the post of permanent CIO. The change was announced in a Jan. 13 email to staff. Seaton has served as the space agencys deputy CIO and before that was CIO of NASAs Langley Research Center from 2011 to 2018. Seaton was also CTO at Langley before moving to the CIO post there. He joined the agency in 1991 as an engineer. Seaton takes over as NASAs CIO shop is struggling to implement the control over enterprisewide technology spending mandated in the F...

Civil rights groups caution that the rule change that allows faith-based organizations that are also federal contractors to favor their members in hiring could lead to employment discrimination.

By Natalie Alms   The quadrennial book containing lists of jobs filled by appointment in the executive and legislative branches known as the Plum Book came out last week, offering some details, but not a full picture, of senior level positions in the last year of the Trump administration. Officially known as the "United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions," the Plum Book lists both filled and vacant positions that may be subject to non-competitive appointments. For job seekers, i...

Quick Hits *** Chad Wolf, the official acting as Secretary of Homeland Security, resigned on Monday, citing recent events "including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary." Peter T. Gaynor, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will step in to serve as acting secretary, according to a statement from Wolf. *** President-elect Joe Biden named William Burns, a career diplomat and foreign service officer who s...

The Pentagon eliminated a class deviation that implemented the presidents executive order purging diversity training across federal grants and contracts.

SUVA -- The United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and Tonga, Joseph Cella announced that the Republic of Nauru has joined the Clean Network, a comprehensive, enduring strategy addressing the long-term threats to data privacy, security,,

In this file photo, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), front, transits in formation with the Brazilian training ship BNS Brasil (U 27), during a passing exercise (PASSEX), Dec. 15, 2020. William P....

Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Dr. William Medrano, Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry Dr. Ronnie Domingo, and U.S. Embassy staff participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Tuguegarao City

A P8-A Poseidon aircraft attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 arrives in Guam for exercise Sea Dragon 2021. Sea Dragon is an annual multi-lateral anti-submarine warfare exercise that improves the interoperability elements required to effectively and...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Jan. 11, following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.William P. Lawrence, along with Helicopter,