Monthly Archives: February 2009

Defense Department, Policy

"Progressive" think tank says Obama defense budget on target

The Center for American Progress’ Lawrence Korb wrote today on the think tank’s blog that the Obama administration’s top-line budget for the Defense Department –which is a 4% increase over the Bush administration’s 2009 budget , and $6.7 billion more than Bush had asked for in 2010–is more than adequate, and gives some suggestions on how to spend it.
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Other Federal Agencies, People

Nicely done! Nicely takes over as ODNI CIO while Gorman is on leave

The irrepressible Bob Brewin reports over on NextGov that Sherrill Nicely, deputy chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, “has assumed the role of acting CIO while Patrick Gorman, the acting CIO, is on leave. ODNI did not say why Gorman was on leave or for how long.”

Gorman was acting CIO. Does that mean that Nicely is now the acting acting CIO?

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