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Ilyse Veron is editor of The Public Manager.
Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.
Jean Gilson is the senior vice president for strategy and marketing of DAI.
The Postal Service will stop accepting mail addressed to military post offices in Iraq starting Nov. 17th. Those responsibilities will transition to State Department embassy or consulate post offices.
After a rocky start, the Office of Personnel Management says USAJobs.gov, the federal government\'s jobs portal, is making progress, citing 1.8 million successful log-ins in the last two weeks.
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long\'s government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has launched a process that would merge the department\'s office for mining reclamation with the larger Bureau of Land Management. Salazar said the move is part of the department\'s continued push for greater efficiencies.
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
A rare public hearing of the supercommittee suggests members aren\'t close to developing a plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal deficit over 10 years. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf warned them that cuts to discretionary funding, including feds\' pay, would not solve the problem.
The Air Force wants to fulfill half of its U.S.-based jet fuel needs with alternative fuels by 2016 and expects to be ready for that target ahead of time. But, with the view that it is a consumer, not a producer of energy, the service says it doesn\'t intend to play a direct role in helping to develop biofuel technologies.
Agencies are testing software to analyze data for potential problems. The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board is now hosting these tools in the cloud to make it easier for agencies to use them.
Humberto Sanchez, Senate reporter at Roll Call, has an update from the Hill.
Jaime Gracia is industry co-chair of the Better Government IT Working Group and President and CEO of Seville Government Consulting.
The Christian Science Monitor has estimates from leading economists.