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We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris — the Senate first voted to close debate on the Johnson nomination … and then proceeded to confirm Martha N...

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DorobekINSIDER: GSA will have to wait until at least Thursday for any Johnson action

Feb 3rd 2010

It was thought that Tuesday might be GSA V-Day — as in Vote Day where the Senate would move along Martha Johnson’s long delayed nominationto be the administrator of the General Services Administration...

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DorobekINSIDER: Could Tuesday be GSA nominee Johnson’s V-Day?

Feb 1st 2010

Could Tuesday be V-Day for Martha Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be GSA administrator — V-day meaning Senate vote day. Wetold you last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had put Johnson’s on the list for cloture — essentially putting her forward to end debate and then allow a yeah-or-nah vote on her nomination...

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DorobekInsider: Johnson’s GSA nomination moves one step closer with cloture

Jan 30th 2010

The DorobekInsider told you it was likely to happen — and in fact it has: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tonight filed a cloture motion for Martha Johnson’s long pending nomination, Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller confirmed...

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DorobekInsider: Germain to lead NAPA’s Collaboration Project, while NAPA’s Munz joins GSA

Jan 11th 2010

We told you yesterday that Danielle Germain decided to step down as the General Services Administration’s chief of staff for “other opportunities...

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The DorobekInsider reader: Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator

Dec 23rd 2009

Somehow it feels that the White House it clearing off its desk before the end of the year. What else would explain Tuesday’s announcement that Howard Schmidt would be the Obama administration’s cybersecurity coordinator — just shy of seven months after the creation of the post was originally announced...

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Former 1105 GovInfo group publisher Evilee Ebb joins TechTarget

Dec 2nd 2009

Evilee Ebb We told you earlier that Evilee Ebb had left the 1105 Government Information Group has a new gig. She quietly has a new job — Mondaywas her first day at TechTarget, the Needham, Mass...

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DorobekInsider: And it’s official — Gordon nominated to OFPP post

Oct 9th 2009

The DorobekInsider told you that Daniel I. Gordon would be nominated as the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy — and soon — and it is now official...

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DorobekInsider: OMB hires performance guru Shelley Metzenbaum

Sep 25th 2009

I was out yesterday so I wasn’t able to highlight this — I had heard it was in the works awhile ago — but OMB chief performance officer Jeffrey Zients yesterday announced that Shelley Metzenbaum has joined the Obama administration...

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DorobekInsider.com: Breaking news: NAPA’s DiGiammarino to join the Obama administration

Apr 24th 2009

A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House...

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Ed DeSeve to join the Obama administration

Mar 26th 2009

Ed DeSeve, the former acting Office of Management and Budget deputy director of management during the Clinton administration and Chairman of Strategyand Solution Partners, is going to join the Obama administration, Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller hears...

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OMB’s ‘those-who-shall-not-be-named’ — Kundra and now Noveck

Feb 27th 2009

The joke going around the Office of Management and Budget these days is referring to Vivek Kundra as “Voldemort” Kunda — and no, notbecause he is evil but because he can only be referred to as “You-Know-Who” or “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named...

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