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GOP lawmakers blast Labor secretary nominee
Tags: Labor Department , Thomas Perez , Justice Department , Civil Rights Division ,
Congress repeals STOCK Act reporting requirements for senior execs
Congress approved a bill Friday to eliminate expanded financial-disclosure reporting requirements for Senior Executive Service members, just days before the new requirements were to go into effect. Both the House and Senate approved the measure by unanimous consent. The expanded reporting requirements were set to go into effect Monday.
Tags: financial disclosure , SES , SEA , Sunlight Foundation , STOCK Act , House , Senate , Jack Moore , workforce , management
House passes GOP bill to halt Labor Board action
Tags: House , National Labor Relations Board
Hagel: Job not to cut heart out of Pentagon
Tags: Chuck Hagel , Martin Dempsey , DoD , budget ,
Mica: 'Mismanagement of assets is shameful'
Congressman John Mica says his top priority as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations is to cut agency waste, fraud and abuse beyond just the low hanging fruit. Mica's column is part of Federal News Radio's special report, Rise of the Money People.
Tags: John Mica , duplicative programs , real property , financial management , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , House , Rise of the Money People
House committee approves pro-business cyber bill
Tags: House , cybersecurity , technology , CISPA , House Intelligence Committee
Obama budget: Spending cuts, higher smokers' taxes
Tags: budget , deficit , sequestration , Barack Obama , chained CPI , Social Security , COLAs
Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief
Tags: people , Senate , Sally Jewell , Interior
Postal Service backs down on ending Saturday mail
The U.S. Postal Service has reversed its decision to end Saturday mail delivery service, saying Congress gave it no choice when it passed a 2013 appropriations bill last month that continued a ban on five-day delivery.
Tags: USPS , House , budget , mail delivery , Darrell Issa , Tom Carper
Redundant agency programs wasting billions of dollars
From catfish inspections to military uniforms, redundancy problems within government agencies span virtually every major department and agency across government, according to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. The latest report from Dodaro's Government Accountability Office brings the number of redundant or inefficient mission areas within agencies to 162.
Tags: GAO , duplication , Jared Serbu , management
