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• Gates pushes against deeper DoD cuts

  Reuters reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to brief Congress on Thursday about the budget cuts over the next five years.

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  January 05, 2011
• NIST to speed up hiring for critical positions

  Changes to the The National Institute of Standards and Technology\'s hiring protocol will update its 13-year-old Alternative Personnel Management System. The new rules will let NIST have direct-hire authority to expedite hiring for critical functions.

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  January 05, 2011
• New Congress enters budget battlefield

  The 112th Congress still must pass a budget beyond the current continuing resolution and House GOP make good on promises to rein in the deficit.

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  January 05, 2011
• New culture with new GOP majority?

  CNN\'s Brian Todd explains the Republican promises of more fiscal responsibility and whether or not it\'s coming true with the new Congress convening.

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  January 05, 2011
• NARA brings online collections together

  New Online Public Access portal lets users search three databases in one fell swoop to access 13 million records. Archives responded to customer complaints that its electronic records were too difficult to search.

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  January 05, 2011
• What will happen to agency budgets in 2011?

  Off the Shelf host Roger Waldron speaks with Ray Bjorklund, Senior Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer at FedSources, about current agency budget issues. January 4, 2011 (Encore presentation April 26, 2011)

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  January 04, 2011
• Causey on attitudes toward feds in 2011

  A sea change is what Federal News Radio’s Senior Correspondent calls the change in atmosphere for federal workers between 2009 and 2010. Mike told the DorobekINSIDER that 2011 is shaping up to be even tougher,…

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  January 04, 2011
• Julie Z Test Story title

  The House is planning a 2012 budget that will cut spending to below 2008 levels, Reuters reports. Also, a budget plan for the remainder of the current 2011 fiscal year would trim $60 billion —…

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  January 04, 2011
• House to vote on cut to office salaries, expenses

  A measure sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden aims to cut salaries and office expenses in committees.

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  January 04, 2011
• Fair pay question tied to performance

  Gov Exec\'s Tom Shoop explains the challenges of agencies trying to determine fair pay for employees.

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  January 04, 2011
• Cantor: A bill a week to cut spending

  Reuters reports that the incoming House Speaker says his party is aiming to offer weekly bills to cut the deficit.

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  January 04, 2011
• 5 ways to improve Pentagon acquisition

  Loren Thompson, CEO of the non-profit Lexington Institute, says this year was a disaster for DoD acquisition and offers five ways for the agency to improve.

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  January 04, 2011
• OMB wants classified systems assessed

  Agencies must evaluate their security systems to ensure classified information remains secret. OMB, with guidance from ISOO and ODNI, has a battery of questions for agency heads in their second memo after the release of documents on WikiLeaks.

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  January 04, 2011
• DorobekINSIDER: Mike Causey’s most read posts for 2010

  In the first week of the new year, we looking back – and look forward… by looking at what you determined were the big stories. All week, I’m highlighting the most read items across Federal News Radio’s programs. Yesterday, I posted the 100 most read items on the DorobekINSIDER. Tomorrow, we’ll post the most read [...]

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  January 04, 2011