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Obama presses on with GOP charm offensive
Tags: sequestration , budget , Senate , House , President Barack Obama
After filibuster, Senate confirms Brennan for CIA
Tags: Senate , John Brennan
Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
Tags: Senate , Senate Armed Services Committee , Carl Levin
Senate Democrat unveils bill preventing shutdown
Tags: Senate , budget , Senate Appropriations Committee , sequestration , Barbara Mikulski
Farenthold bill offers way to stop sequestration-related furloughs
The Protecting America's Civilian Employees Act would require the Office of Management and Budget to submit a plan to Congress on how they would cut spending without harming the federal workforce.
Tags: Blake Farenthold , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , sequestration , furloughs , Jason Miller , workforce
Senator ends long floor speech blocking CIA pick
Tags: John Brennan , CIA , Senate , Senate Intelligence Committee , Dianne Feinstein , Saxby Chambliss
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
Tags: Stuart Bowen , inspector general , Iraq , contracting , DoD , SIGIR , Federal Drive
As sequestration cuts loom, unimplemented IG recommendations could save billions
Over the past few years, unimplemented agency inspector general recommendations that could potentially save the government billions of dollars have piled up. Now, with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts kicking in, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are telling agencies there's no excuse for them to further delay implementing the cost-saving measures and best practices identified by their IGs.
Tags: House , oversight , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , sequestration , Darrell Issa , Kathleen Tighe , Education , IG vacancies
IG: Billions wasted on Iraq reconstruction
In his final report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen's conclusion was all too clear: Since the invasion a decade ago this month, the U.S. has spent too much money in Iraq for too few results.
Tags: Stuart Bowen , inspector general , Iraq , contracting , DoD , SIGAR , Federal Drive
Joint Chiefs welcome House fiscal 2013 budget proposal
The lower chamber's bill would significantly soften the blow against DoD and potentially eliminate current plans such as civilian furloughs because of the automatic budget cuts. The remainder of the government would remain under both sequestration and a full-year continuing resolution.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , continuing resolution , Ray Odierno , Jonathan Greenert , Mark Welsh , James Amos , Jared Serbu , House Appropriations Committee , House , Veterans Affairs
