Congress
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WFED\'s Mike Causey analyzes some of the proposed cuts to federal pay and benefits.
March 22, 2011 -
The Army and Marine Corps are both in the early phases of deploying logistics accountability systems that will replace a collection of disconnected, stovepiped IT systems and processes that have grown up since the 1960s. Though the systems share the same objective, they were made by different vendors, prompting questions from one member of Congress.
March 22, 2011 -
One thousand dollars may be waiting for teleworkers someday, if some DC area congressmen have their say.
March 21, 2011 -
The Congress is sending a three-week spending measure to President Obama that would keep government funded through April 8. Some of the $6 billion in proposed cuts include federal program terminations.
March 17, 2011 -
Congressman Stephen Lynch\'s bill would require openness of contracts and stricter guidelines when it comes to agreements with Pharmacy Benefit Managers.
March 17, 2011 -
What would happen if Congress became a part-time institution? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe it\'s already happened.
March 17, 2011 -
The Partnership for Public Service\'s Max Stier argues for a restructuring of the General Schedule, a key issue in the debate over federal employee pay.
March 16, 2011 -
Members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel are studying the Defense Department\'s proposal to increase fees for working-age retirees who use the military\'s TRICARE health insurance benefit. The panel heard, in separate hearings, from DoD officials defending the increase, and retiree groups who fear it is a \"camel\'s nose under the tent.\"
March 16, 2011 -
The White House is asking Congress to pass a privacy bill of rights for the Internet. The legislation is aimed at protecting Americans from intrusive data gathering.
March 16, 2011 -
The \"Gang of Six\" is a bipartisan group of senators who\'ve decided to try and craft their own compromise budget plan. Sen. Mark Warner leads the gang and joins us with details.
March 16, 2011 -
The newest stopgap funding measure would cut spending by $6 billion. The current proposal would be the sixth short-term spending bill this year alone as Congress has failed to reach a compromise on a longer-term budget solution.
March 16, 2011 -
The American Federation of Government Employees said Tuesday it will no longer participate in discussions related to the future status of DoD employees who had been part of the soon-to-be-terminated National Security Personnel System. The labor organization said \"union-busting\" activities by the Air Force were the reason for its decision.
March 16, 2011 -
Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been debating a short-term funding plan for weeks but are still far apart. Looking to avert a government shutdown this week, Congress is expected to approve a three-week stopgap measure this week to buy more time for negotiations on a longer-term bill, which may never come. The Hill\'s Erik Wasson explains why the CRs could continue until FY 2012.
March 14, 2011 -
Politico\'s Carrie Budoff Brown explains what\'s next in the budget battle.
March 11, 2011 -
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
March 11, 2011