Treasurer Jovita Carranza Picked to Lead Small Business Administration
Carranza serves as a principal advisor to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and oversees the Office of Consumer Policy. Keep Reading
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Since 2003, GAO has made about 2,800 recommendations to DHS to strengthen its management efforts, among other things. DHS has implemented more than 75 percent. Keep Reading
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Trump allies have spent weeks searching for someone to chair the super PAC, which campaign officials view as a key plank in the president’s reelection effort. Keep Reading
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GAO says DHS is not well positioned to integrate the results and share lessons learned because limited R&D customer feedback information is collected and analyzed. Of the seven DHS components with R&D budget authority, only two reported having formal customer feedback mechanisms (U.S. Coast Guard and S&T). Keep Reading
Park University to Offer Trio of New Degree Options
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Schultz Pledges More People-Centered, Inclusive and Diverse Coast Guard
"When asked about our Service, we tend to talk about our missions and operations, or our platforms," the commandant said. "But if you want to truly understand the Coast Guard, look to the men and women of our Service – they define our strength, our character, and are the foundation of our military readiness." Keep Reading
Trump Picks New Top NATO Commander
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Senate Red Tape Delays ICE Nominee Vitiello Vote
A Senate procedure known as a "sequential referral" means that Vitiello's nomination to be ICE director now gets considered by the Judiciary Committee, who have up to two months to act, making a floor vote before May 10 highly unlikely. Keep Reading
GAO: Most Agencies Miscategorizing Cybersecurity Roles, Hampering Critical Staffing Efforts
The GAO report says that by assigning work roles that are inconsistent with the IT, cybersecurity, and cyber-related positions, the agencies are diminishing the reliability of the information they need to improve workforce planning. Keep Reading
