Budget
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The $4 billion in 2011 cuts agreed to as part of the latest continuing resolution includes reductions in cyber security spending.
March 04, 2011 -
Rep. Issa and other Republicans criticize the administration for not testifying on GAO report on duplicative programs. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee promises quarterly hearings on how agencies are chipping away at the widespread overlap.
March 04, 2011 -
Terry Halvorsen, who was named the Department of the Navy chief information officer in November, told attendees at a San Diego conference that his organization would seek to build more effective, efficient IT structures by leveraging the size and capabilities of both the Navy and Marine Corps. He also predicted the department\'s IT operation would have to meet its responsibilities with fewer people and fewer resources than it now has.
March 04, 2011 -
Federal News Radio surveyed 10 agencies to find out how they are preparing for a shutdown, and how operating under a continuing resolution is affecting their operations.
March 03, 2011 -
Evan Lesser, director of ClearanceJobs.com and Dice Learning, discusses how potential impacts of defense spending cuts in obtaining and retaining skilled workers.
March 03, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office has released a list of seven major management challenges at Interior. The challenges range from land acquisition to information security.
March 03, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says DHS needs the financial boost to will need to identify and reduce vulnerabilities in our nation\'s key cyber networks.
March 03, 2011 -
A shutdown has been averted for now as Congress passed a short-term spending measure Wednesday to keep the government funded through March 18. But it’s now five months into the current fiscal year, and Congress…
March 03, 2011 -
March 2nd, 2011 Listen to a discussion on how the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is intended to help restore responsibility and accountability.
March 03, 2011 -
When there\'s an explosion in any of the more than 300,000 miles of gas pipeline throughout the country, the NTSB could be called to investigate. Chairman Deborah Hersman said she just doesn\'t have the manpower for that.
March 03, 2011 -
With shutdown threats coming and going and coming again, morale is down across the federal landscape. If a shutdown were to happen, furloughed feds couldn\'t even hide themselves in their work! We get details from Patent & Trademark\'s CFO, Tony Scardino.
March 03, 2011 -
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe said he\'s ready to announce more RIFs and without legislative help USPS will face insolvency this year. Sen. Susan Collins introduced a bill to help solve some of the challenges the Postal Services faces.
March 03, 2011 -
WFED\'s Mike Causey says if there is a shutdown, it will be very different from the partial government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996.
March 02, 2011 -
Both political parties are making a \"good faith effort\" to avoid a shutdown, but agencies should still have a plan in place in case Congress cannot reach a compromise to fund government, said John Koskinen, the former deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget during the last partial government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996,
March 02, 2011 -
Todd Harrison, a senior fellow for budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses how much the budget uncertainties will impact DoD.
March 02, 2011