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Analysis: House, Senate will 'thrash it out,' before agreement

Bill Frenzel a global scholar of economics at Brookings Institution, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss perspective on what's happening on the Hill, and whether the government is facing a shutdown.

Tags: House , Senate , Congress , budget , shutdown , Bill Frenzel , Brookings Institution , Federal Drive , Congressional Spotlight

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Friday morning federal headlines - Sept. 23

On today's Federal Drive: OPM releases the 2011 Employee Viewpoint Survey, Democratic senators are examining G.I. Bill education benefits that flow to for-profit colleges and the House passes a continuing resolution that Senate Democrats have vowed to vote down.

Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Congress , OPM , GI Bill ,

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Promotion freeze proposed for all federal workers

In addition to the numerous amendments under consideration decreasing agency budgets and staffing levels, two new amendments would hit federal employees on the General Schedule, freezing all promotions across government.

Tags: pay and benefits , pay freeze , pay debate , Darrell Issa , Todd Rokita , FMA , NTEU , General Schedule , attrition , promotion freeze , step increases , continuing resolution ,

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How to backtime the budget

Any budget deal in Congress has to be reached a lot sooner than you might think. The House and Senate need more than just enough time to pass it. Because of that Russell Berman, congressional reporter, says not to be surprised if another continuing resolution is needed to keep the lights on at your agency.

Tags: Federal Drive , budget , The Hill , shutdown , furlough , Russell Berman , Suzanne Kubota

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Shutdown Clock: 10 Days and Ticking

April 8 could be S-day. S as in shutdown for hundreds of thousands of nonpostal federal workers. The White House is fuming. Congress is feuding and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many federal workers are concerned about an extended time out without pay.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , shutdown , budget

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For contractors, new rules means more work

Tags: contracting , In Depth , DoD , Francis Rose , Industry Chatter , Chris Miller , CH2M Hill

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Life after CRs: contractors sorely needed

The Honorable Tom Davis talks about on trends facing Government Contractors; as a former congressman and noted technology leader, he shares Government Contractor strategies and vision.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , contracting , Microsoft , Tom Davis , Deloitte , Business Transformation , budget , Suzanne Kubota

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CR after CR: what's a CFO to do?

We ask Steve Isakowitz, chief financial officer of the Energy Department and co-chairman of the CFO Council.

Tags: Federal Drive , Energy , budget , Steve Isakowitz

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Have we seen the last of the budget stopgap measures?

Does Congress have another stopgap measure left in it? Can the federal workforce weather one more as well? We ask The Hill's Erik Wasson.

Tags: Federal Drive , budget , shutdown , stopgap funding bill , Erik Wasson , Suzanne Kubota

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Issa: Government needs long term budget planning

Redundancy, the budget, and your pay are all connected. And they all need to be viewed in the long term, Rep. Darrell Issa told Federal News Radio.

Tags: Federal Drive , budget , redundancy , Darrell Issa , management , technology , Congress , Suzanne Kubota

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