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The tough federal budget picture is on the minds of lots of people there. Doug Webster, former chief financial officer at the Labor Department and now a partner at CSC, knows how to do that better than most government financial leaders. In 2004, he helped Iraq\'s new transportation ministry set up and run its billion-dollar budget.
February 16, 2012 -
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A look at the discretionary budget authority for Cabinet-level agencies from 2008-2013.
February 16, 2012 -
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Over 20 bills affecting federal employees\' pay, benefits, and pensions have been introduced by members of Congress in the past year. Federal employees tell Federal News Radio those are the kinds of things directly affecting their morale and motivation. What does Congress think about that? Federal News Radio asks both Republicans and Democrats as part of our series, \"Managing Morale.\"
February 16, 2012 -
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Colleen Kelley, the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents some 84,000 IRS employees, told In Depth with Francis Rose the 2013 budget request would allow IRS staff levels to increase by about 4,000 positions.
February 15, 2012 -
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Molly Hooper of the Hill newspaper has a roundup of what she\'s observing related to the budget.
February 15, 2012 -
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When you think of federal workers, the term \"swinger\' isn\'t the first thing that pops into your head. But after some of the changes politicians want to make, anything could happen.
February 15, 2012 -
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Kevin Plexico is vice president for research at Deltek, a company specializing in tracking the details of federal IT spending.
February 14, 2012 -
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Frank Reeder, a principal at The Reeder Group and former OMB official, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss OMB\'s role in the ongoing budget process. Also, Robert Shea, a former OMB official with Grant Thornton, discussed the performance-management provisions of the 2013 budget request.
February 14, 2012 -
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Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said he will send SWAT teams to fix problematic technology projects. OMB also will ramp up monthly TechStat sessions. The governmentwide IT budget request drops almost $600 million.
February 14, 2012 -
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The 2013 budget request reduces half of the agency\'s discretionary spending. All agencies could face deeper cuts if Congress and the administration don\'t agree on a plan for deficit reduction in the next 11 months.
February 14, 2012 -
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The size of the federal workforce has been an issue of political discussion for the past couple years. But amid everything else in the official 2013 budget request unveiled Monday, the overall size of the federal government, in terms of staffing levels, will remain relatively constant.
February 13, 2012 -
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Stan Collender, a partner at Qorvis Communications and a veteran of budget work on Capitol Hill, told In Depth with Francis Rose it\'s unlikely Congress will approve a full-year budget this year given the rapidly approaching election season.
February 13, 2012 -
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Travis Sharp, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the defense budget. Sharp argued that the new budget and the accompanying strategy may actually make the automatic sequestration cuts, set to begin in January 2013, easier for Congress to swallow.
February 13, 2012 -
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Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss pay and benefits proposals in the fiscal-year 2013 budget request unveiled Monday. CSBA has been surveying service members on how they view their benefits.
February 13, 2012
