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How contractors are affected by bin Laden's death
Jim McAleese is a defense contracting expert and founder of McAleese and Associates. He talked with Federal News Radio about how bin Laden has affected our national debt and how his death is being received by government defense contractors.
Tags: Osama bin Laden , Jim McAleese , DoD , contracting , McAleese and Associates , Suzanne Kubota , 2012 budget ,
Lawmakers call for review of DoD improper payments
Thirteen lawmakers sent a letter to DoD urging greater efforts to eliminate improper payments.
Tags: DoD , improper payments , Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act , Tom Carper , Jolie Lee
Estate planning and more
Host Mike Causey is joined by estate planner Tom O'Rourke to discuss what you need to do to make sure your estate is in order. Also, Federal Times reporter Steve Losey gives us an update on a couple of bills making their way through Congress.
April 27, 2011
Tags: pay and benefits , estate planning , Tom O' Rourke , IRS , Federal Times , pay freeze , federal workforce , Your Turn , Mike Causey , budget , Steve Losey
Congress returns to budget question marks
Congress returns next week facing two urgent fiscal questions: What to do about raising the federal government's borrowing threshold and how to pass a budget for the next fiscal year that honors the fiscal austerity of the current political moment?
Tags: budget , Tom Shoop , Government Executive , In Depth
Shrinking budgets may be a blessing for DoD IT
In the Defense department, the goal of consolidating tens of thousands of IT systems and networks into a more manageable structure is not exactly new. But some leaders in the department think with new budget pressures in play, they'll be able to make some serious progress.
Tags: DoD , technology , budget , Teri Takai , Rob Carey , data center consolidation , enterprise IT , DoD budget , Jared Serbu
Va. officials urged to sue over Mark Center move
A new Pentagon inspector general report finds "procedural and technical weaknesses" in the Army's traffic assessment surrounding its plans to move 6,400 Defense employees to a privately owned office complex in northern Virginia. Rep. Jim Moran, whose district includes the site, said the findings provide the underpinnings for local officials to sue the Pentagon to stop the move.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , Jim Moran , Gerry Connolly , Army , Mark Center , inspector general , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
CR could provide some BRAC traffic relief
The six-month continuing resolution Congress passed earlier this month was mostly about cuts, but it also included several hundred million dollars in new spending pushed through by the Maryland and Virginia congressional delegations. That money will pay to help solve some of the huge traffic problems this year's military personnel moves are expected to create around the DC area.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , Transportation , Fort Belvoir , Bethesda National Naval Medical Center , Jim Moran , Barbara Mikulski , Ben Cardin , Jared Serbu
House passes huge GOP budget cuts, opposing Obama
Tags: budget , shutdown , budget 2011 , continuing resolution , House , Senate , Barack Obama , Mitch McConnell , Charles Schumer , John Boehner , Harry Reid
House passes 2012 budget with staff cuts, 3-year pay freeze
The House passed a fiscal year 2012 bill today that freezes federal pay for three years and cuts the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.
Tags: budget , House , pay and benefits , pay freeze , Path to Prosperity
Budget battles to continue
There's no impasse buster on the horizon. Paul Van de Water with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explains why he says that.
Tags: Federal Drive , budget , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , Paul Van de Water
