The yearly fiscal crisis and threats of appropriation lapses affect the contractor industry no less than government employees and the programs they conduct.
"The biggest challenge on this has been the cost of repeal," NARFE's staff vice president John Hatton said.
"When you have two-thirds plus of the active duty military force that's obese ... you know you've got a huge problem," Stephen Cheney said.
"I think the draft in the future scenario would look less like it did in Vietnam and more like it did during the world wars," Taren Sylvester said.
Congress has until the end of the month to reauthorize Overseas Comparability Pay.
"We made two recommendations to the IRS to improve its oversight over conflicts of interest," Kris Nguyen said.
"Currently, there's close to 2,000 approved mentor-proteges on SBA's list, so it is definitely very popular," Shane McCall said.
"It's essentially an opportunity to to practice skills that they may not have many chances to use on a regular basis," Dr. David Riggs said.