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The Secretary of the Army said Wednesday that the service agreed with most of the recommendations of a blue ribbon panel on reforming its acquisition process. Secretary John McHugh told Congress the Army was moving forward with 63 of the 76 recommendations.
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NARFE legislative director Dan Adcock, Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior reporter Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about legislation pending in Congress that affects your pay and retirement benefits. May 18, 2011
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Leaders in the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments say a new system that will let them jointly evaluate the disabilities of wounded servicemembers is a vast improvement over old procedures, but it will take another year or two before they can meet their goal of evaluating disabilities within 300 days.
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IT management challenges continue at the VA and the Government Accountability Office\'s recommendations might keep your agency off the high-risk list. Joel Willemssen is the Managing Director for Information Technology Issues at the GAO.
May 18, 2011 -
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By Ruben Gomez Federal News Radio Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is opposing a proposal that would require federal employees to increase their retirement contributions. The proposal, one of many aimed at reducing the federal deficit,…
May 18, 2011 -
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The Hill\'s Kevin Bogardus reports House Republicans have threatened to introduce legislation to block an executive order that would have government contractors disclose their political contributions if President Obama goes ahead with it. He explains what\'s at stake.
May 18, 2011 -
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A system designed to get wounded troops out of the military and on disability compensation more quickly has failed recently to meet its efficiency goals, delaying service members\' release sometimes more than a year, documents show.
May 18, 2011 -
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Without action from Congress, the U.S. Postal Service will default on its obligations to future retirees\' health care accounts. Next up are payments to employees and vendors, the postmaster general told Congress Tuesday.
May 18, 2011 -
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The amount of money you must pay to your retirement fund could be going up. The 2012 budget proposal from House Republicans would require you to contribute 6 percent of your salaries. That\'s a jump of more than 5 percent.
May 16, 2011 -
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The President\'s pay agent said federal employees should not receive locality pay adjustments in 2012, despite recommendations by the Federal Salary Council for an increase.
May 16, 2011 -
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By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio The Senate yesterday approved the ability of vendors to protest task and delivery orders from civilian agencies worth more than $10 million to the Government Accountability Office…
May 13, 2011 -
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With his analysis is Erroll Southers, a former FBI Special Agent and was Assistant Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence at the Los Angeles World Airports Police Department.
May 12, 2011 -
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Saving money at your agency may be as simple as doing more of the good things you\'re already doing to save money.
May 12, 2011 -
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Congress is considering a proposal to establish an independent commission to sift through more than 12,000 excess federal properties and streamline the process of either selling or demolishing them. We get details from Representative Jeff Denham (R-Ca.).
May 12, 2011
