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The Veterans Affairs Department’s disability claims backlog became the center of congressional attention at a May 22 roundtable discussion of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The General Services Administration announced the awarding of a new governmentwide blanket purchase agreement that will allow the federal government to consolidate its wireless service plans and centralize management.

President Barack Obama intends to nominate Dan Tangherlini as administrator of the General Services Administration, according to a May 22 release from the White House.

Federal and industry cybersecurity experts testified before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday, offering diverging opinions on what steps the government should take to ensure protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

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The federal government may have been be tightening its purse strings in the past few years, yet some senior-level employees have been receiving substantial cash bonuses – funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a new report.

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In an effort to make the nation’s cybersecurity posture more resilient, the General Services Administration has reached out to a multitude of stakeholders for their input.

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A new report from Inspector General Brian Miller found the “Peer-2-Peer” awards lacked transparency and hid some of its practices from the Office of Personnel Management.

New power entered the Energy Department yesterday in the form of Ernest J. Moniz. Confirmed May 16 by a unanimous vote of 97 to 0, Moniz became officially the new secretary of the Energy Department.

Move over FedEx, FCC now offers next-day delivery.

In an interview with FedScoop, Gray Brooks, senior API strategist for the General Services Administration’s Digital Innovation Center, pointed to two primary reasons the growth of APIs is expected to continue.

Close to a week after the White House unveiled its open data policy, a congressman has released a new discussion draft of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013, which would unlock and standardize federal spending data.

A request for proposals pilot project, developed under the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows program, is starting to gain ground in the small business IT community.

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Many senior government officials have called for a whole-of-community approach to addressing sequestration and other looming issues, but do government executives really have the ability to work together across agency barriers?

The General Services Administration’s Digital Innovation Center released a Mobile Code Catalog that will help federal agencies make content and services available on any device, anytime and anywhere.

Former White House Presidential Innovation Fellows Kara DeFrias and Adam Becker discuss their experiences and the role open source played in the innovation and collaboration process.

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