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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

Tags: DoD , Abrams tanks , budget , Ray Odierno

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Army could lose 100,000 soldiers due to sequestration

Army leaders say the belated passage of a 2013 budget helped this year's fiscal picture, but the service still is more than $15 billion short of funds. If sequestration continues, the service will shrink by at least 100,000 soldiers.

Tags: DoD , Army , sequestration , workforce , civilian workforce , John McHugh , Raymond Odierno , Jared Serbu , Senate Armed Service Committee , furloughs

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Bill gives FAA authority to move funds, prevent furloughs

The House is expected to quickly pass a bill the Senate approved last night that would end furloughs for air traffic controllers. The legislation gives the Federal Aviation Administration the authority to transfer up to $253 million from accounts flush with funds into other programs. This would would help to prevent reductions in operations and staffing through the end of fiscal year 2013.

Tags: FAA , House , sequestration , furloughs

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Online courses re-shaping higher education

On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine how online college courses are afffecting higher education in the U.S.
April 25, 2013

Tags: acquisition , college tuition , colleges , online college , online learning , University of Maryland University College , online education , Robert Litan , Higher Education , financial aid , Marie Cini , technology mediated education , Allen Scott , Bloomberg Government , Capital Impact

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Budget battle: 3 plans on the table, what now?

Tags: budget battle , budget , House , Senate

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White House says it's open to fix on FAA furloughs

Tags: FAA , sequestration , furloughs , White House ,

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Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings

Tags: Senate , sequestration , Harry Reid

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Does GS system need an update? Lawmakers ask GAO to review federal pay scale

A trio of lawmakers from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee want the Government Accountability Office to examine whether the General Schedule system for federal employees needs an update. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), said the watchdog agency's review would aid the lawmakers in evaluating "the appropriateness of the General Schedule (GS) as a pay scale for today's workforce."

Tags: OPM , pay and benefits , workforce , House , Senate , pay scale , GS system , Darrell Issa , Elijah Cummings , Blake Farenthold , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Congress makes it harder for DoD to cut costs

Idle aircraft and pricey ship deployments underscore the contradictions and conflicts as Congress orders the Pentagon to slash $487 billion in spending over the next 10 years and another $41 billion in the next six months.

Tags: DoD , Todd Harrison , budget , Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments

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Donahoe: Postal Service bailout looms if Congress doesn't act quickly

If Congress doesn't pass comprehensive postal reform legislation soon, it could find itself forced to bail out the financially troubled U.S. Postal Service to the tune of billions of dollars, said Postmaster General Pat Donahoe. The postmaster general said in a speech at the National Press Club he's optimistic Congress will pass postal reform legislation this year.

Tags: USPS , Pat Donahoe , postal reform , Saturday delivery , Jack Moore

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