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Pentagon found more than $800 million in Antideficiency Act violations from 2005 and 2008, but never reported these violations to Congress, lawmakers say.
September 14, 2011 -
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Pete Kasperowicz, a staff writer for The Hill newspaper, joined the Federal Drive to discuss some of the provisions that the final FAA reauthorization bill will likely contain.
September 14, 2011 -
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Ashton Carter, the nominee to be the new deputy Defense secretary, said DoD will need to consider civilian employee furloughs, the abandonment of major weapons systems and a severe curtailing of military training if the sequestration envisioned by Congress as a budget-cutting forcing function takes effect.
September 14, 2011 -
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James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, and CIA Director David Petraeus say they will protect the intelligence workforce against an impending budget squeeze. They told lawmakers they will look for cuts in technology and contracting instead.
September 14, 2011 -
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For a long time your agency has been limiting its horizons for saving money. Some good, old-fashioned money management philosophies could go a long way toward helping your agency cut costs.
September 13, 2011 -
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Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive, recaps the recent woes agencies have faced.
September 13, 2011 -
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A proposed rule by the Office of Government Ethics expands the mandates for political appointees about contact with lobbyists or lobbying organizations detailed in a January 2009 executive order. The suggested changes focus on two main areas, widely attended events and gifts worth less than $50.
September 13, 2011 -
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If you are looking for good news you\'ve come to the wrong place, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. It seems that while Congress and the White House say that creating jobs is the nation\'s top priority, the second largest federal agency hopes to shed a third of its workforce and 70,000 federal contractors were sent on unpaid furloughs this year.
September 13, 2011 -
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Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) says the cuts that will occur automatically if lawmakers can\'t agree on cuts to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years will fall heavily on the Defense Department.
September 12, 2011 -
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If the Postal Service were a business, it would be facing the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. USPS lost $20 billion in last five years, and it is on track to lose more than $6 billion this year. GAO evaluates the state of the Postal Service and what needs to be done in the short-term by Congress.
September 12, 2011 -
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Track the budget process, step-by-step and find out how far along Congress is in allocating your agency\'s spending.
September 12, 2011 -
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Lawmakers are working on a continuing resolution to fund the government through late fall. Congress has not approved any of the 12 appropriations bills necessary to keep agencies running after the fiscal year ends in three weeks.
September 09, 2011 -
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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to act now to save the cash-strapped Postal Service. The administration said it would propose reforms in the $1.5 trillion deficit reduction package it sends to Congress.
September 09, 2011 -
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Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at National Institute of Transition Planning, explains what feds may stand to lose in budget talks.
September 09, 2011
