Budget
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Congress crafted a partial measure to fund some agencies through fiscal year 2012 and extend a continuing resolution for others. Erik Wasson of The Hill acknowledges that the current budget process has been the most complicated he\'s seen.
November 16, 2011 -
With a week until the deficit panel\'s deadline, Bill Frenzel, a guest scholar of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, said details about what will be cut and by how much remain up in the air. \"At the point, we don\'t know where any of these axes are going to fall,\" he said.
November 16, 2011 -
Facing likely budget cuts, the Energy Department\'s inspector general, Gregory Friedman, has issued a slew of recommendations, including cutting redundant staff, appointing a BRAC-like commission to study the department\'s facilities and federalizing the contractors that secure those facilities.
November 16, 2011 -
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing, health IT, and mobile technology with Tracey Graves-Stevens, President and CEO of Innoviss. November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011 -
A new report finds agency data is dubious and lacks reliability. OFPP disagrees with GAO\'s findings.
November 15, 2011 -
Jan Frye, the deputy assistant secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department\'s Office of Acquisition and Logistics, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris live from the conference to discuss the big issues in contract management.
November 14, 2011 -
Steve Bell, the senior director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to provide an update into how the supercommittee is coming along and what it all means for the federal budget and federal employees.
November 14, 2011 -
Host Mike Causey will talk about the big issues facing federal employees with NARFE\'s David Snell and Federal Times staff writer Stephen Losey. November 9, 2011
November 09, 2011 -
A plan to cut the Postal Service\'s costs so it can stay in business has passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Relations Committee. Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised a vote on the Senate floor as soon as possible, according to committee leaders.
November 09, 2011 -
Steve Kelman is a professor of public management at Harvard University\'s Kennedy School of Government and the former administrator at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
November 09, 2011 -
Alexander Bolton of The Hill discusses the status of potential cuts to federal spending that supercommitte is considering.
November 09, 2011 -
The order directs agencies to cut spending on travel and reduce their fleets, limit the number of devices — such as smartphones, laptops and tablets — it issues to employees and even orders agencies to stop unnecessary printing.
November 09, 2011 -
Senior Executives Association President Carol Bonosaro says few agencies are participating in mandated bargaining.
November 08, 2011 -
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham want Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to take a look at what a supercommittee failure would mean for the military.
November 04, 2011 -
Janet Kopenhaver is the Washington representative of Federally Employed Women.
November 04, 2011