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Management

New Smithsonian inspector general to report to board

Previous IG resigned earlier this month in the midst of an investigation into Smithsonian salaries, expenses and business ventures.

Management

Defense IG to release reports on interagency contracting problems

Reports also will detail Anti-Deficiency Act violations; acquisition panel calls regulatory framework sufficient to handle “bad apples.”

Defense

Industry seeks to avoid patchwork of chemical security standards

House bill would give DHS oversight of about 15,000 chemical plants, with authority to rank and assess them based on risk.

Tech

VA info security chief says he had impossible task

Pedro Cadenas, who abruptly resigned his post, says in more than three years on job, he lacked authority to make substantive changes.