Budget
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The House measure wraps all the unfinished annual spending bills into a single catchall measure while freezing spending at last year\'s levels. One of the biggest surprises in the act is the inclusion of a two year pay freeze as proposed by President Obama.
December 09, 2010 -
The Federal Protective Service is putting posters in 9,000 federal buildings this week, along with a special toll-free hotline, urging federal workers to report suspicious activity.
December 08, 2010 -
Pat Niehaus, the National President of the Federal Managers Association, discusses how federal employees have become the country\'s scapegoats.
December 08, 2010 -
Comeback America Initiative\'s David Walker discusses the proposals by the president\'s deficit reduction commission.
December 08, 2010 -
The \"FY 2011 Year Long Funding Act\" contains language that will linger on long after the year is over. The Hill\'s Ian Swanson explains.
December 08, 2010 -
The Department of Homeland Security gets more Freedom of Information Act requests than any other agency. It\'s now assembling a new set of processes that will centralize requests by individuals who want to know what data the agency is storing about them.
December 08, 2010 -
Loopholes in the global aviation system beyond the control of the Homeland Security Department are stymieing steps to bolster screening, several federal officials told lawmakers.
December 07, 2010 -
But who will certify the certifiers? We get a feel for how Health IT certification works from HHS\'s Dr. Doug Fridsma.
December 07, 2010 -
\"(P)erhaps the lesson of Wikileaks should be that the open air is less fearsome than we\'d thought. That should lead to less secrecy. After all, the only sure defense against leaks is transparency,\" says Prof. Jeff Jarvis. He joins us to talk about it.
December 07, 2010 -
The Defense Department employs about 45,000 workers with disabilities, but needs to boost awareness of a program to support, hire and retain them says Stephen M. King. The DOD\'s director of disability programs joins us to tell us how he plans to do that.
December 07, 2010 -
Bid protests are up, which means so is the workload at GAO. The Government Accountability Office\'s Ralph White explains what\'s involved.
December 07, 2010 -
A bill passed by the U.S. Senate requires the Army to report whether graves at Arlington National Cemetery are correctly marked and come up with a plan to fix any errors that are found.
December 07, 2010 -
December 6th and December 8th, 2010 Join us for a conversation with government technology leaders on the intersection of technology and government mission.
December 06, 2010 -
Demand for vendor-furnished information security products and services by the U.S. federal government will increase from $8.6 billion in 2010 to $13.3 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1%. INPUT\'s John Slye explains why.
December 06, 2010 -
The Administration on Aging\'s Senior Medicare Patrol program has been awarded the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association 2010 Excellence in Public Awareness Award. Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Health and Human Services explains.
December 06, 2010