President Donald Trump announced March 4 that he intends to nominate former Federal Labor Relations Authority Chiarman Dale Cabaniss to lead the Office of Personnel Management.
Cabaniss has served as counsel and Republican staff director for two Senate committees.
She was twice confirmed by voice vote in the Senate to serve on the FLRA in 1997 and 2003.
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The Government Managers Coalition cited the longstanding lack of Senate-confirmed leadership at the agency as the reason to quickly confirm the new nominee.
The director post at OPM has remained vacant since former Director Jeff Pon left the acency in October 2018, after just seven months on the job. Margaret Weichert, the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, has served as acting OPM director since then.
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Congress aims to pass defense appropriations before the end of September. if not, a continuing resolution freezing spending at current rates is likely.
The service might launch a limited version of the platform that works around its ongoing data issues.
The Pentagon will use the software as part of its System for Insider Threat Hindrance, or “SITH,” in another apparent military reference to Star Wars.
Program officials told reporters this week the Air Force’s decision to reduce its HH-60W buy will drive a major increase in the helicopter's unit cost.
The Air Force wants to retire 33 older F-22s in fiscal 2023, but Congress wants the service to keep the fighter jets and bring them to parity with newer variants.
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