Budget
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the pay gap is 26.3 percent, up from 24 percent last year.
November 04, 2011 -
IRS will offer buyouts to employees who do not deal directly with taxpayer services. It\'s possible that a second round of buyouts will be offered to a wider range of employees.
November 04, 2011 -
David Powner, director of information technology management issues at GAO, shares highlights from the recent report.
November 03, 2011 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 3029, which would cut the workforce by 10 percent by September 2014.
November 03, 2011 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew said he\'s optimistic Congress will keep the government running when the CR runs out later this month. But he said the administration is undecided about whether to extend the federal pay freeze. Lew said budget cuts are an opportunity for all agencies to get better.
November 03, 2011 -
The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate\'s.
November 03, 2011 -
Jessica Brady is a staff writer for Roll Call.
November 02, 2011 -
Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent while offering incentives to trim its workforce.
November 02, 2011 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on legislation to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), proposes replacing only one of every three employees that leave. The committee also will mark up several other bills including the civilian property disposal act and a data transparency act.
November 02, 2011 -
More than 400 people must leave the Air Force by early 2012, as part of an initiative to trim the military branch\'s officer cadre. Air Force leaders are also targeting enlisted service members.
November 01, 2011 -
Ed DeSeve was the Special Advisor to the President for Recovery Implementation and is now the President of the Global Public Leadership Institute. He writes about the lessons learned in a new report by the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
October 31, 2011 -
Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he will hold hearings to see how to make the federal grant process more transparent. The administration merged two existing boards into a new Council on Financial Assistance Reform to improve the grant-making process. HHS awarded a $32.4 million contract for IT services for grants.gov portal.
October 31, 2011 -
Scott Amey, general counsel and contracting specialist at the Project for Government Oversight, says the mood in Washington is much different from five years ago when the law was first passed.
October 28, 2011 -
If the debt reduction supercommittee fails to come up with spending cut recommendations by Nov. 23, automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect. Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress analyzes what these cuts could mean for the Pentagon.
October 28, 2011 -
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long\'s government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
October 27, 2011