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Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny

A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest.

Tags: Kathleen Sebelius , HHS , Senate , Orrin Hatch

Monday - 05/13/2013, 04:43am EDT

DoD's military construction budget appears safe from sequestration cuts

Funding reductions in 2013 appropriations act are sufficient to protect military construction accounts from further sequestration cuts, but funds used for upkeep on existing buildings are severely impacted.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , Senate Appropriations Commitee , military construction , Robert Hale , John Conger , BRAC , Jared Serbu

Monday - 05/13/2013, 03:39am EDT
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DoD's budget reprogramming won't help with sequestration

Pentagon says it will use its limited budget flexibility to compensate for unexpected war costs, not to blunt sequestration. Services continue to warn Congress about how budget cuts are impacting readiness.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , Ashton Carter , Michael Donley , Ray Odierno , Jared Serbu , Senate Appropriations Committee , House Appropriations Committee , budget

Thursday - 05/09/2013, 03:30am EDT
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Most military sexual assault cases go unreported

Tags: DoD , sexual assaults ,

Wednesday - 05/08/2013, 06:56pm EDT

Senate committee wants to know DoD's 2014 sequestration plan

The top lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee have called on the Defense Department to detail how it will cut billions more from its budget if sequestration continues into next year. In a letter dated May 2, Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the committee, asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to provide a "package of reductions" to the department's proposed 2014 budget.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , Senate , DoD budget , James Inhofe , Carl Levin , Jack Moore

Wednesday - 05/08/2013, 04:15am EDT

DoD's BRAC wish hitting brick wall on Capitol Hill

The Pentagon insists it is paying to maintain much more military base infrastructure than it needs, and the problem will only get worse as the Defense Department shrinks due to budget reductions. Congress, however, remains unsympathetic.

Tags: DoD , BRAC , Kelly Ayotte , Jeanne Shaheen , Katherine Hammack , Kathleen Ferguson , John Conger , Jared Serbu , management , Senate Armed Service Committee

Monday - 05/06/2013, 10:37am EDT
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GSA pounded for not moving excess property faster

Lawmakers at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held at the Georgetown Heating Plant, blasted the General Services Administration for its handling of excess federal properties.

Tags: House , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , Jeff Denham , GSA , real property , John Mica , Flavio Peres , Esther Carey

Friday - 05/03/2013, 01:11pm EDT
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