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GOP lawmakers pitch fed workforce reduction bill

Some Republican members of Congress are making an election-year pitch to reduce the Federal worker headcount, and save money. But would it really do that?

Tags: management , pay and benefits , House , Federal Workforce Reduction Act , John Salamone , Federal Management Partners , Jackie Simon , AFGE , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , OMB , outsourcing , insourcing , brain drain , retirement wave , Max Cacas

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National Security Strategy Unveiled

After days of days of promotion and preparation --the Obama administration has released its national security strategy. The document identifies what the administration calls four enduring U.S. national interests. 1)The security of the United States, its citizens, and U.S. allies and partners. 2) A strong, innovative, and growing U.S. economy that promotes opportunity and prosperity. 3) Respect for universal values at home and around the world. 4) And more international cooperation to meet global challenges.

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green

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Congress considers a new budgetary tool

The Senate has begun consideration of proposals to give the President a line-item veto over individual provisions in federal spending bills. The measures are designed to overcome shortcomings in a 1996 line-item veto bill which was declared unconstitutional.

Tags: management , budget , line-item veto , Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 , Senate , Judiciary Committee , Constitution Subcommittee , Russ Finegold , Paul Ryan , Jeffrey Liebman , OMB , White House , Max Cacas

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DHS: cybersecurity is more than herding cats

When it comes to securing the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure, how do federal officials think of the future? One of the top cybersecurity officials at the Department of Homeland Security weighed in on the topic at the ISC2 SecureAmericas conference yesterday.

Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , Richard Marshall , National Cybersecurity Division , ISC2 , FBI , HP , Electronic Data Systems , Howard Schmidt , Max Cacas

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Obama drafts line-item veto bill

The White House says President Obama would use a new power to try to weed out earmarks such as water and sewer grants and road projects not requested by the administration.

Tags: management , Congress , Peter Orzag , OMB , line item veto , Max Cacas

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Return of the line-item veto?

WFED's Max Cacas reports.

Tags: management , line-item veto , Max Cacas , Congress , Capitol Hill

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"Don't Ask" Timetable is moving

Gay rights activists and Obama Administration officials have begun discussing a plan to speed up the repeal of Don't ask, Don't Tell, while giving the Pentagon years to implement new policies. Implementation of policy for gays serving openly would still require the approval of President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen. How long implementation might take is unknown.

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Mike Mullen , Robert Gates , J.J. Green

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Obama drafts spending cut bill

If President Obama has his way, Congress will give him and his successors the authority to offer his own package of specific cuts to spending bills.

Tags: management , Congress , Peter Orzag , OMB , Max Cacas

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Taliban planning attacks in Washington

U.S. law enforcement officials would not comment on the investigation or intelligence suggesting that as many as a half dozen plots may have been in the works.

Tags: Faisal Shahzad , Taliban , Times Square bombing , counterterrorism , New York City , Department of Justice , Osama bin Laden , al-Qaida , Baitullah Meshud , Pakistan , J.J. Green

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U.S. Afghan Pullout Confirmed

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was confident that U.S. troops could start to return home as planned from Afghanistan in July 2011 but he predicted a tough fight in the coming months. "There is going to be some tough fighting," Obama said at a joint news conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai,

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Afghanistan , Hamid Karzai , J.J. Green

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