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Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller joins Francis Rose to count down the top federal news story of the week.
The across-the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration, set to take effect Jan. 2 would be "deeply destructive" to national security and core civilian agency programs, according to a comprehensive report from the White House detailing the impact of the cuts on specific programs and accounts. The $109 billion in cuts coming next year — split evenly between Defense civilian agency budgets — would slash Defense discretionary spending by 9.4 percent and civilian agency spending by 8.2 percent.
A chart of the six agencies with the most improper payments in 2011.
A district court judge has put a hold on the section of the STOCK Act that requires 28,000 federal executives to publish their financial information online.
The acting administrator of GSA said he met with IG Brian Miller and David Shea after accusations the IG investigator's tactics were overly aggressive in looking into the recent SmartPay Conference. Tangherlini also expects to receive suggestions on how the CIO reorganization would work, and how to go forward with the reduction of FAS fees in the coming weeks.
John Powers is a principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He spoke to Federal News Radio as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.
The agency's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration.
Read more about the top Housing and Urban Development initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives HUD singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top Social Security Administration initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives the SSA singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top U.S. Navy initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives the Navy singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top NASA initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives NASA singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top Office of Personnel Management initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives OPM singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top initiative from the National Archives and Records Administration, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives NARA singled out for recognition.
Read more about the top Commerce Department initiative, as selected by Federal News Radio, as well as other initiatives Commerce singled out for recognition.