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Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party
Tags: IRS , Steven Miller , Kenny Marchant , Tea Party
DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions
Tags: DoD , furloughs , sequestration , Chuck Hagel ,
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
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
House passes bill to prioritize US debt payments
Tags: debt ceiling , House , budget
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
Most military sexual assault cases go unreported
Tags: DoD , sexual assaults ,
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
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
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
