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- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- Furlough song: Laugh or you'll cry
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- 29-year-old NASA engineer going where no one has gone before
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
AG Holder delaying furlough decisions to mid-April
Attorney General Eric Holder says he isn't making a decision on whether to furlough Justice Department employees until mid-April.
Budget cuts border security, immigrant detention
Immigrants released from detention centers, border security scaled back amid budget cuts
Furloughs: Different strokes for different agencies
It may be that all men and women were created equally. But when it comes time for furloughs to kick in, all federal workers are not going to be treated equally, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
The Ballad of the Furloughed
Can the power of music be used to block furloughs? Does music really soothe the savage beast? Some feds are turning to music to help blunt sequestration-triggered pay cuts, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Obama signs bill to avoid government shutdown
Obama signs spending bill to avoid government shutdown; keeps sequester cuts in place
Uncle Sam suffering death by a thousand cuts
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know: Are you and your coworkers suffering from what is known as death-by-a-thousand cuts? Is it happening? Does it hurt? Or can you not even tell?
Federal defenders face deep cuts, delays in cases
The lawyers who defend the nation's poor in federal courts across the country are grappling with budget cuts they say will decimate their offices, delay criminal cases and jeopardize the fairness of the criminal justice system.
Sequestration part deux (or just duh!)
Furloughs are still in the federal forecast. But a funny thing happened last week that has some long-time, long-suffering government types wondering if things are going to be as tough as expected, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts
Federal Aviation Administration to close 149 air traffic control towers because of budget cuts
Time capsule for sequestration thoughts
Now that the budget battle is over, for now, the next stormcloud on the horizon is sequestration. It kicked in earlier this month, but the effects probably won't be felt until next month at the earliest, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Will it be the nightmare many have predicted or will it fade away as politicians get nervous and the public gets angry?
GOP pillories administration's sequester prep
House Republicans pillory Obama administration over preparations for mandatory budget cuts
Nearly 250 laid off at Wash. Hanford nuclear site
The Department of Energy announced that 235 people will be laid off, and more than 2,500 will be furloughed for several weeks, as a result of automatic federal budget cuts.
USDA seeks authority to transfer funds to offset sequestration cuts
Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack can move money in-between accounts within the same bureau, but not across the agency under a special provision called Interchange Authority. Vilsack has officially asked Congress for use of that authority in an effort to stunt the negative effects of sequestration at his agency. At at recent House hearing, Republican lawmakers questioned why more agencies haven't movasked Congress for similar permission.
Sequestration cuts force GSA to cancel two more conferences
The annual SmartPay and FedForum conferences have been canceled this year due to cuts to agency travel and training budgets under sequestration.
Send us your sequestration rally photos
Federal News Radio wants photos from the National Day of Protest rallies being held in your cities on March 20.
Not tonight honey - I feel a headache coming on!
Suppose your significant other announced that, due to sequestration, romance would be out of the question starting in April. That, in effect, is how many federal agencies are reacting as they roll out furlough notices and service cutbacks as part of the budgetary (and political) process, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Agencies suffering reductions in services even before furloughs occur
Employees at TSA, CBP and Bureau of Prisons will no longer be able to work overtime. SSA offers its employees a new round of early retirements to deal with budget shortfalls. AFGE continues to press Congress, White House to stop sequestration.
USDA suspends some ag reports due to budget cuts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's statistical arm said it won't issue some agricultural reports this year because of automatic federal budget cuts, alarming some in the dairy industry who fear the information void could wreak havoc with milk prices.
Putting your worst foot forward: When bad is good
Now that sequestration is here, normally upbeat federal agencies are putting their worst foot forward, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The mantra is unhappy days are here again. They are telling people what they won't be able to do for them, the services they will be missing and how things can only get worse.
Intelligence chief: Budget cuts risk US security
The top U.S. intelligence chief says that budget cuts have jeopardized America's security and safety -- and will only get worse over time.
