Budget
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The Pentagon begins the process of revealing its budget plan for fiscal year 2013. The proposal includes the scaling back of several weapons systems, savings on personnel costs, along with an assurance from top DoD officials that even though the military will be smaller, it will be more agile and more capable.
January 27, 2012 -
Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former assistant Defense secretary for manpower and logistics, has analysis with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 27, 2012 -
Many times in life we are faced with options — sometimes a variety — and none of them are good. That\'s definitely true for current and retired federal government workers, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 26, 2012 -
Benefits expert Tammy Flanagan and Federal Times senior writer Sean Reilly will explain how feds could be affected by cuts to the federal budget. January 25, 2012
January 25, 2012 -
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the influential defense think tank, has called on the U.S. military to redraw the map of military bases scattered throughout the Middle East. Mark Gunzinger, a senior fellow at CSBA, and his colleague Chris Dougherty joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss the report.
January 25, 2012 -
A special House panel finds DoD\'s audit plan is credible, but successful implementation will depend on commitment of Defense components and future leaders.
January 25, 2012 -
President Barack Obama hit on some issues important to federal employees during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, including his push for a reorganization of some federal agencies. But, he also called for the creation of two new \"units\" to help fight counterfeit goods and financial fraud.
January 25, 2012 -
Agency chief financial officers and deputy CFOs said their top three priorities and challenges all revolve around improving how their agency manages spending, according to an exclusive online survey by Federal News Radio. Agencies expect the 2013 budget request to include significant cuts in across-the-board discretionary spending. CFOs and deputy CFOs also said they are concerned whether their workforces are adequately trained to meet the job\'s growing demands.
January 24, 2012 -
In next year\'s budget, key factors for program funding are performance, performance and performance, the Air Force\'s top acquisition official said.
January 23, 2012 -
John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service, Jessie Klement of the Federal Managers Association, Beth Moten of the American Federation of Government Employees will talk about the proposed federal pay freeze and other issues affecting federal employees. January 20, 2011
January 21, 2012 -
Ray Bjorklund, vice president and chief knowledge officer at Deltek, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss DoD contract management.
January 20, 2012 -
The latest report on the 10-year effort to build a nationwide interoperable communications system shows law enforcement agents are still using 15-year-old radios. DoJ\'s Integrated Wireless Network program has been a victim of budget shortfalls and poor governance.
January 20, 2012 -
Travis Sharp, a defense analyst at the Center for a New American Security, outlines three main areas where DoD could make cuts.
January 20, 2012 -
The board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan is reminding federal employees that their G Fund investments are safe — even if the government reaches the debt ceiling and cannot issue new securities to the G fund.
January 19, 2012 -
Russel Rumbaugh, co-director of budgeting for foreign affairs and defense at the Stimson Center, sees the looming sequester as an empty threat. Meanwhile, DoD and the administration move forward with significant cuts in spending.
January 19, 2012