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		<title>VanRoekel to lead OMB&#8217;s management team</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/vanroekel-to-lead-ombs-management-team/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/vanroekel-to-lead-ombs-management-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven VanRoekel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steven VanRoekel will lead the Office of Management and Budget&#8217;s management team, following the departure of OMB&#8217;s No. 2 official this month. &#8220;[OMB] Director [Sylvia] Burwell has asked U.S. Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel to lead OMB&#8217;s management team on an interim basis until a new deputy director for management is confirmed,&#8221; OMB spokeswoman Ari Isaacman Astles [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/vanroekel-to-lead-ombs-management-team/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon gets federal cloud certification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/amazon-gets-federal-cloud-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/amazon-gets-federal-cloud-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon web services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon Web Services is the latest vendor to pass a rigorous security review for all federal cloud products and services. So far, only CGI Federal and North Carolina-based Autonomic Resources have completed the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). The governmentwide program was launched in June to standardize security reviews of commercial cloud products [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Agencies challenged to balance data sharing and security, experts say</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/agencies-challenged-to-balance-data-sharing-and-security-experts-say/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/21/agencies-challenged-to-balance-data-sharing-and-security-experts-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT-IAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management of change 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open data]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agencies are on the hook to publicly release more digital data in a way that protects citizen’s personal information and does not comprise government security. One challenge, however, will be determining how that data could be combined with existing public data to identify an individual or pose other security risks to agencies, according to experts [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>GSA to launch cloud broker pilot</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/20/gsa-to-launch-cloud-broker-pilot/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/20/gsa-to-launch-cloud-broker-pilot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Services Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud broker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration is moving forward with plans to stand up a cloud broker contract for acquiring and managing the performance of federal cloud services. The Department of Homeland Security is one of two agencies that has committed to testing GSA&#8217;s cloud broker model in a pilot program expected to launch this fall, said GSA&#8217;s Mark Day. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/20/gsa-to-launch-cloud-broker-pilot/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Contract flaws found in GSA Disney trip</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/16/contract-flaws-found-in-gsa-disney-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/16/contract-flaws-found-in-gsa-disney-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim mcelhatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agency Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Services Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than half of the attendees at a big training meeting in 2011 for the General Services Administration&#8217;s acquisition arm hailed from the Washington area, but when it came time to figure out a location, officials headed to sunny Orlando instead. As outlined in a memo released by the GSA&#8217;s Inspector General this week, a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>MSPB rebuffs union call for advance ruling on DoD furloughs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/14/mspb-rebuffs-union-call-for-advance-ruling-on-dod-furloughs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/14/mspb-rebuffs-union-call-for-advance-ruling-on-dod-furloughs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2013 Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineeers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Biggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merit Systems Protection Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Grundmann]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Defense Department set to lay out  a final furlough policy today,  the Merit Systems Protection Board has rejected a union’s request for a heads-up on  how it could decide appeals from employees who challenge the decision to force them to take unpaid time off. “Under federal law, the Board is prohibited from issuing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>How do you feel about the unfolding IRS scandal?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/14/how-do-you-feel-about-the-unfolding-irs-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/14/how-do-you-feel-about-the-unfolding-irs-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Medici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days the IRS has become the focus of the media after evidence that some employees targeted specific political groups seeking a certain type of non-profit status. Lawmakers have called or hearings or the firing of those employees while outside groups have cried foul over their treatment by the IRS. So what [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/14/how-do-you-feel-about-the-unfolding-irs-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nominee for OMB budget post underscores management issues</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/13/nominee-for-omb-budget-post-underscores-management-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/13/nominee-for-omb-budget-post-underscores-management-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Deese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heather Higginbottom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Zients]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s choice for deputy budget director spent a fair amount of time discussing the need for tighter management during a confirmation hearing today. During a period of fiscal challenges, a key focus “has got to be making our government more efficient and more effective,” Brian Deese told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/13/nominee-for-omb-budget-post-underscores-management-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Broken toilets, peeling wallpaper … whats wrong with your office?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/08/broken-toilets-peeling-wallpaper-whats-wrong-with-your-office-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/08/broken-toilets-peeling-wallpaper-whats-wrong-with-your-office-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Medici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a great response from all of you readers last time we did this so we are opening it up for another round of comments from fellow feds. Federal employees have a lot to deal with. Congress has slashed budgets governmentwide while the sequester has forced agencies to initiate furloughs. Feds are being asked [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lawyer: Postal Service board members risked &#8220;removal&#8221; over ending Saturday mail delivery</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/08/lawyer-postal-service-board-members-risked-removal-over-ending-saturday-mail-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/08/lawyer-postal-service-board-members-risked-removal-over-ending-saturday-mail-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Postal Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Issa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Buckholtz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King & Spalding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Barnett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors risked losing their jobs if the agency persevered with ending Saturday mail delivery following passage of a final fiscal 2013 spending bill. That was the warning delivered by an outside law firm April 5&#8211;four days before the board pulled the plug on the plan. Proceeding with [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/08/lawyer-postal-service-board-members-risked-removal-over-ending-saturday-mail-delivery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>DHS&#8217; Richard Spires resigns as CIO</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/07/dhs-richard-spires-resigns-as-cio/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/07/dhs-richard-spires-resigns-as-cio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Spires has resigned from his post as chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security,  an agency official confirmed Tuesday. Spires has been on elected leave since March 15, according to the DHS official. But the nature of his resignation is unclear. Margie Graves, the departnment&#8217;s deputy CIO, will continue serving as acting CIO. DHS [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>When late isn&#8217;t really late</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/07/when-late-isnt-really-late/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/07/when-late-isnt-really-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim mcelhatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agency Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 27, 2012, at 3:38 p.m., an employee at Insight Systems Corp., which was bidding on a health services contract, submitted a revised quote to two employees inside the U.S. Agency for International Development. The deadline for doing so was 5 p.m. The message reached the first of three agency-controlled servers at 3:41 p.m., [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Contract executive convicted in snooping case</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/contract-executive-convicted-in-snooping-case/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/contract-executive-convicted-in-snooping-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim mcelhatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One morning in August 2011, the vice president of an information technology contractor for the federal government awoke, checked his BlackBerry and noticed something strange. Overnight, as court records would later go on to describe, someone had sent an email from the unnamed executive’s work account to a former employee. An internal investigation soon led [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/contract-executive-convicted-in-snooping-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Union asks MSPB for pre-emptive ruling on DoD furloughs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/union-asks-mspb-for-pre-emptive-ruling-on-dod-furloughs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/union-asks-mspb-for-pre-emptive-ruling-on-dod-furloughs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2013 Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay & Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Hagel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregory Junemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merit Systems Protection Board]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Defense Department expected to announce a final furlough policy as early as this week, a union has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board for a heads-up on how it would rule on behalf of DoD employees who appeal decisions to make them take unpaid time off. Issuing “a pre-emptive statement of opinion” on [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/06/union-asks-mspb-for-pre-emptive-ruling-on-dod-furloughs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sequester-related layoffs hit Corporation for Public Broadcasting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/sequester-related-layoffs-hit-corporation-for-public-broadcasting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/sequester-related-layoffs-hit-corporation-for-public-broadcasting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2013 Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequester]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally chartered non-profit that helps keep TV and radio programming like “Sesame Street,” “Downton Abbey” and “All Things Considered” on the air, has laid off a dozen employees and is requiring week-long furloughs for senior staff,  the web site, Current.org, is reporting. The organization is also eliminating three vacant [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SILVER SCREEN FEDS: Stan Beeman, FBI, &#8216;The Americans&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/silver-screen-feds-stan-beeman-fbi-the-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/silver-screen-feds-stan-beeman-fbi-the-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Losey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friday Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silver Screen Feds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Silver Screen Feds returns this week with an in-depth look at a major character from this year’s best new TV show: the Cold War spy drama “The Americans.” I’ve enjoyed watching the gifted, flawed FBI counterintelligence agent Stan Beeman unfold over this show&#8217;s premiere season. And after watching its May Day finale, I decided that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Navy delaying furlough notices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/navy-delaying-furlough-notices/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/03/navy-delaying-furlough-notices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Losey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furloughs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/?p=18014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy today told its employees that furlough letters &#8212; which were scheduled to go out Monday &#8212; will be delayed until further notice. A Navy official told Federal Times that because the service hadn&#8217;t gotten the final furlough policy from the Pentagon, it was putting its notification effort on hold. Unless Navy hears otherwise, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interior awards $1 billion cloud contract</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/02/interior-awards-1-billion-cloud-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/05/02/interior-awards-1-billion-cloud-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Interior Department has awarded 10 vendors a spot on its $1 billion cloud services contract. Under the 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, vendors will provide a variety of services, including cloud storage, secure file transfer, database hosting, Web hosting, development and testing, and virtual machine services. The latter will allow agencies to create virtual, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another senior VA official leaving next month</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/04/29/another-senior-va-official-leaving-next-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/04/29/another-senior-va-official-leaving-next-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Shinseki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Levin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Gould]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Gould, the number two official at the Veterans Affairs Department for the last four years, is stepping down May 17, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a news release today. As the department’s deputy secretary, Gould has served as chief operating officer since winning Senate confirmation to the job in April 2009. In that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raytheon CEO gets compensation boost</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/04/26/raytheon-ceo-gets-compensation-boost/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/04/26/raytheon-ceo-gets-compensation-boost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim mcelhatton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raytheon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Raytheon CEO William H. Swanson received a slight salary bump in 2012 but his overall compensation grew by $1.4 million, the defense contractor disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. Swanson received a base salary of $1.4 million for 2012, a small increase from 2011. But his overall compensation with incentive pay and [...]]]></description>
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