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Commander sees pent-up demand for elite forces
Tags: William McRaven , budget , DoD , elite forces , Associated Press
GOP's top investigator targeted by critics
Rep. Darrell Issa is finding himself in the spotlight as a target as well as the Republicans' chief inquisitor in investigations of the Obama administration, which are producing potential GOP campaign issues for 2012.
Tags: Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , transparency , Associated Press
Senate committee clears Carter nomination
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved, by a voice vote, the nomination of Ashton Carter to be deputy secretary of defense.
Tags: Ashton Carter , DoD , Senate , Senate Armed Services Committee , Ruben Gomez , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Thursday morning federal headlines - Sept. 22
On today's Federal Drive: The House fails to pass a continuing resolution, a Senate subcommittee approves a DHS hiring freeze and the Air Force is offering some 6,000 civilian buyouts.
Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , House , Senate , DHS , Air Force , buyouts
What's next for the U.S. Postal Service?
Federal Times Editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Sean Reilly will talk about the future of the U.S. postal service, and NARFE legislative director Daniel Adcock will discuss the changes that Congress wants to make to your retirement benefits.
September 21, 2011
Tags: pay and benefits , Federal Times , Steve Watkins , Sean Reilly , US Postal Service , daniel adcock , NARFE , retirement benefits , health care , Mike Causey , Your Turn
Wednesday morning federal headlines - Sept. 21
On today's Federal Drive: Talk of government shutdown has ratcheted up as lawmakers squabble over a CR, federal information sharing efforts have taken off and the House prepares to square off over various proposals to reform the Postal Service.
Tags: budget , House , Senate , NASA , information sharing , USPS , HSPD-12
Praying For A Pay Freeze?
Things are looking pretty bad for federal workers and retirees. How bad, you ask? So bad, according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, that the best thing that could happen to you would be yet another pay freeze.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , supercommittee , budget ,
Aerospace industry heading for layoffs?
Marion Blakey, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association a former FAA administrator, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what aerospace contractors should keep their eyes open for.
Tags: AIA , Marion Blakey , DoD , budget ,
GAO praises DoD audit plans, questions implementation
In reports and testimony to Congress, the Government Accountability Office finds DoD has built a credible plan to meet a Congressionally-mandated full financial audit by 2017. However, the audit agency is skeptical the military branches will be able to implement the plan in time.
Tags: DoD , management , financial management , Robert Hale , Jamie Morin , Tom Coburn , Gladys Commons , audit readiness , GAO , Asif Khan , Jared Serbu
Share-the-pain list out today
According to certain twisted history buffs, somebody in April, 1865, asked Mrs. Abraham Lincoln how the liked the play at Ford's Theater. Federal workers may appreciate the irony of that sick joke later on today, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Federal-Postal Coalition , super committee , Mike Causey , Federal Report , COLA , pay and benefits , retirement , workforce ,
