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Buying commercial in DoD: 15 years after acquisition reform
During the last Defense drawdown, Congress and the White House pushed the Pentagon to make smarter buying decisions in the hopes that it would save a lot of money. The idea was to have the military buy many products the same way businesses do. A decade and a half later, DoD now spends tens of billions of dollars a year under the commercialized models Congress set up. In a two-part, exclusive report, Federal News Radio examines the debate underway over how well it has worked out.
Tags: commercial products , Al Gore , reinventing government , commercial of a type , Shay Assad , Clinger-Cohen Act , William Clinger , Federal Acquisition Streamling Act , Susan Lawrence , Army , Network Integration Evaluation , Navy , CANES , Coast Guard , John Korn , DoD , Aquisitions , Scott Amey , Project on Government Oversight , Defense Service Board , William Perry , Dennis Moran , Harris Corp. , Jared Serbu , Nett Warrior
Government downsizing: 1990s vs. now
Sally Katzen, former deputy director for management and now a Senior Advisor at the Podesta Group, explains the differences between what agencies must deal with now and form the time she worked at OMB.
Tags: Sally Katzen , OMB , podesta group , management , budget , In Depth
White House honors early career scientists
President Obama awarded to 94 researchers the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
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Agencies can look to 1990s for budget-cutting lessons
The Partnership for Public Service's new report warns the United States "must not repeat the mistakes of the past" with automatic across-the-board cuts.
Tags: Partnership for Public Service , budget , Congress , Barack Obama , buyout , early retirement , workforce reduction
Hubris
Chris Core, commentator
Tags: Chris Core , Core Values , Anthony Weiner , David Vitter , Larry Craig ,
Dems to target Ryan plan until 2012 election
Gordon Peterson, moderator of Inside Washington
Tags: Gordon Peterson , Paul Ryan , Inside Washington , Barack Obama , Medicare
Appeals court in Va. hears health care cases
A federal appeals panel dominated by appointees of President Barack Obama heard arguments Tuesday in two Virginia lawsuits challenging his health care overhaul.
Tags: Andre Davis , James Wynn , 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals , Diana Motz , Barack Obama , health care lawsuit , Kevin Walsh , University of Richmond , Mathew Staver , Duncan Getchell Jr. , Commerce Clause , Neal Kumar Katyal , Norman Moon , Henry Hudson , U.S. Supreme Court , Ken Cuccinelli
Lawyer: Charges against Gray 'nonsense'
Mark Plotkin, WTOP political analyst
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Gingrich's rationale for infidelity will hurt him
James Hohmann, national political reporter for Politico
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Three mayors, one message: Voting rights for D.C.
Just days into the Vince Gray administration, three former mayors of the District appeared together Friday on the Politics Program with Mark Plotkin, and despite their disparate records as the city executive, all agreed from the outset on one particular issue.
Tags: Sharon Pratt , Anthony Williams , Marion Barry , Vince Gray , Vincent Gray , Kwame Brown , Abe Pollin , Barack Obama , George W. Bush
