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Memorable interviews from 2012 featured this week on "Inside Government" - January 4, 2013
This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" the program revisits several memorable interviews from 2012. Guests include Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and Donna Christensen, D- Virgin Islands, and former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D- Ohio, who participated in a congressional roundtable on health care reform. Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Rebuild the Dream President and Co-founder Van Jones also appear.
Tags: AFGE , Inside Government , workforce , Eleanor Holmes Norton , Donna Christensen , Dennis Kucinich , Tim Kaine , Van Jones ,
Senate's defense bill cuts civilian workforce, caps contractor salaries
The Senate approved a $631 billion annual defense policy Tuesday that would require the Defense Department to reduce its civilian workforce by 5 percent over the next five years and impose a strict cap on government-funded contractor salaries. With the White House threatening to veto the Senate version its current form, the bill now heads to a House-Senate conference committee where differences between the two chambers' bill will be hammered out.
Tags: DoD , 2013 NDAA , Senate , Congress , civilian workforce , contractor pay cap , Joe Manchin , Carl Levin , John McCain , Claire McCaskill
Senate moves forward with plan to reduce DoD civilian workforce
The Senate moved forward with a plan to require the Defense Department to reduce its civilian workforce by 5 percent over the next five years, after a measure striking that provision was defeated in a vote Friday. Earlier this week, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced an amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, which would lift a mandated 5 percent reduction to DoD's civilian and contractor workforces over five years. But in a 53-41 vote, Cardin's amendment was defeated.
Tags: Senate , DoD , workforce , 2013 NDAA , John McCain , civilian workforce , Carl Levin , Jack Moore
White House threatens to veto Senate Defense bill
The White House is threatening to veto the $631 billion annual Defense bill the Senate is debating this week unless Congress makes changes. The administration took issue with a number of provisions included in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill, which Senate leaders hope to vote on by the end of the week.
Tags: DoD , 2013 NDAA , Congress , Senate , John McCain , OMB , veto threat , Jack Moore
Senate debates 'arbitrary' cuts to DoD civilian workforce
Senators attempt to head off provision in annual Defense bill that would require reductions among Pentagon civilians.
Tags: Congress , DoD , Senate , workforce , NDAA , John McCain , Jared Serbu
Virginia Senate candidate wants to pay feds for cost-cutting ideas
Former Virginia Governors George Allen and Tim Kaine offer contrasting ideas on issues affecting federal employees and contractors. In Maryland, former federal employee Dan Bongino is challenging incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin for his seat. Bongino and Cardin hold similar views on a number of employee issues.
Tags: management , Senate , Congress , George Allen , Tim Kaine , Dan Bongino , Rob Sobhani , 2012 election , Jason Miller
Military diversity bill codifies commission's findings
Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles said new legislation calling for diversity benchmarks in the military would codify the recommendations of the commission he led in 2011 and would make for a better armed forces.
Tags: Lester Lyles , diversity , Military Leadership Diversity Commission , Kirsten Gillibrand , Federal Drive , DoD , Congress , Senate , Elijah Cummings , House , Michael OConnell
New legislation seeks to prevent hazing in military
Congressmen introduce the Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act of 2012, a bill aimed at preventing hazing in the military services.
Tags: Elijah Cummings , Judy Chu , Mike Honda , Harry Lew , DoD , hazing , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , House , Congress , House Armed Services Committee , Michael OConnell
Private-sector mentality to blame in GSA scandal, senator says
Fingers are pointing in many directions in the wake of the scandal at the General Services Administration. Lawmakers on both the sides of the aisle have expressed outrage at the "culture of waste," but opinions on who's to blame for that culture are as divided as ever along party lines. Two congressmen told In Depth host Francis Rose about their very different ideas.
Tags: In Depth , Mike Turner , GSA , Shakeup at GSA , Gillian Brockell , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
On the show today - April 20
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Tim McManus , Tammy Flanagan , Mike Turner , Congress , GSA , Shakeup at GSA , Partnership for Public Service , National Institute of Transition Planning
