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Small companies won't feel effect of lowered contractor pay cap

Reducing the contractor compensation cap to the level of the salary drawn by the President or the Vice President would mostly affect large companies, because few small companies pay their employees more than the amount earned by the President and Vice President, GAO said.

Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving

Dan Tangherlini's on track to become the permanent head of the General Services Administration, but lawmakers want more answers about troubled GSA programs.

As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge

Under intense congressional and media pressure, VA has moved aggressively to eliminate its backlog of new claims for disability benefits. But veterans who appeal VA's decisions are still waiting years, on average.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) (AP photo)

IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says

The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees' union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley says the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office.

Quote of the Day

left quotation marksOne of the things that we feel has not happened is that while great work is done by GAO, the inspectors general, OMB and many others, many times they don't make specific actionable recommendations that Congress then has to say yay or nay on. right quotation marks

-- David Walker
chairman
Government Transformation Initiative

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Monday, June 17th, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

Program Management Systems Committee June Meeting

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

2013 Federal IT & Network Services Summit

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

3rd Annual Emerging Technologies Symposium

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

FCW Executive Briefing – Managing Big Data for Results

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SO/LIC Division Social

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NVTC Technology Town Hall

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Foundations of Capture Management

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GSA Contract Compliance Seminar with SBA Guest Speaker

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IntelligenceCareers.com Career Fair

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(NDIA #334C) The Honorable Peter B. Teets Award Dinner

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Proposal Graphics Conceptualization and Design Workshop

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Cyber Defense and Network Security Summit

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Federal Labor & Employee Relations Symposium

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Ethical Stalking for Government Contractors™ - Lecture (Part 1 of 2)

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

(NDIA #3340) National Security Space Policy and Architecture Symposium

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CyberSci Summit 2013

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Maritime Security Symposium

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AFCEA International Cyber Symposium

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

NASA National Capital Region Industry Days

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

Federal Human Resources Symposium

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

AFCEA Energy IT Symposium: Enterprise Transformation and Beyond

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CEO Business Summit & Annual Meeting

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Government Marketing Best Practices (GMM 100a)

Thursday, June 27th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

GSASchedule Contracting for In-House Counsel

Thursday, June 27th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

DIA Innovation Day 2013

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Pre-Retirement Planning Seminar for Federal Employees

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Security Threats: What keeps you awake at night?

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Embassy/Defense Attaché Luncheon Series - Germany

Thursday, June 27th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

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