sequestration

• What if these are the good old days?

  Here's a horrible thought to start off your week, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. You've had your pay frozen and maybe you have been furloughed with more mandatory time-outs to come. But what if these are the good old days right now? That it can't get any better than this...

  Mike Causey

  July 15, 2013
• The state of the federal job market

  Lily Whiteman, author of "How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job" will discuss the job outlook in the federal government. July 12, 2013

  Fed Access

  July 12, 2013
• EEOC cancels second phase of furloughs

  After two weeks of deliberation and analysis of agency resources, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has decided to cancel its second phase of furloughs.

  Budget

  July 12, 2013
• OMG – it’s TGIF & feds are LOL

  Although its not the dreaded Friday the 13th, many feds - from Defense to the IRS — are licking their financial wounds, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. IRS employees had a furlough day last Friday. Defense folks began theirs on Monday. So what about a no-work-no-pay plan for Congress and the White House?

  Mike Causey

  July 12, 2013
• Will DoD’s 2014 sequestration plan jolt Congress into action?

  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel put the ball in Congress' court this week when he released details of how the Pentagon would manage billions of dollars in cuts if sequestration continues into fiscal 2014 and beyond. But, there's not yet anything close to a winning strategy in Congress to avert or replace the automatic budget cuts.

  Budget

  July 11, 2013
• Hagel warns of possible DoD layoffs in 2014 if sequestration continues

  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter to Congress that if spending caps continue under sequestration, marked cuts in DoD's budget would possibly lead to reductions in force. Hagel also said there could be severe cuts in operations and maintenance.

  Budget

  July 10, 2013
• The NDAA, sequestration, and more

  Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, Inc., joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the issues affecting contractors. July 9, 2013 (This program originally aired on July 2, 2013)

  Off the Shelf

  July 09, 2013
• DoD says it has legal authority to furlough working capital fund employees

  Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale says the Pentagon has the legal authority to furlough DoD civilians paid out of working-capital funds. Hale was responding to an earlier letter from Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), and more than two dozen other lawmakers, who wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last month requesting the legal rationale for furloughing working-capital fund employees.

  Budget

  July 09, 2013
• Vacationing politicians vs. furloughed feds

  What's the difference between an elected politician and a career civil servant? When politicians take time off they get paid, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, whereas feds who don't work don't.

  Mike Causey

  July 09, 2013
• Furloughs have feds singing the sequestration blues

  Furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees officially kicked off this week. That has many employees singing the blues -- literally.

  Budget

  July 08, 2013
• House members push to let PTO offset sequester cuts

  House members with constituents impacted by budget cuts to the Patent and Trademark Office and Department of Defense are taking steps to ease the effect of sequestration and furloughs.

  Budget

  July 08, 2013
• Pentagon civilian workers face first of 11 furlough days today

  Approximately 85 percent of the Defense Department's civilian workforce -- more than 650,000 employees -- will be staying home Monday, as the first of DoD's cost-cutting furlough days goes into effect. The furloughs were put in place to offset automatic, across-the-board spending cuts implemented by sequestration. DoD estimates the furloughs will save between $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion.

  Budget

  July 08, 2013
• Sequestration snarling 2014 budget process

  The annual appropriations process is a complex and arduous Washington practice. But sequestration has snarled the process this year. As appropriators work to set agency funding, the House and the Senate disagree about how to account for the cuts in next year's spending plans.

  Budget

  July 07, 2013
• Sequestration slowing OPM’s efforts to clear retirement backlog

  OPM processed just 8,683 claims last month — about 2,800 fewer than it had initially expected to. That's the second month in a row OPM fell behind in processing monthly claims according to new OPM data. The agency was forced to eliminate overtime for employees in its Retirement Services operation at the end of April because of the automatic budget cuts.

  Budget

  July 05, 2013