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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
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
Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan
Tags: budget , Alan Simpson , Clinton White , Erskine Bowles ,
Military groups fight to stop DoD budget proposal
Advocacy organizations are criticizing the Pentagon's proposed fee increase for TRICARE as unfair and discriminatory.
Tags: DoD , pay and benefits , Military Officers Association of America , Steven Strobridge , Lindsay Graham , Kathleen Moakler , National Military Family Association , Jared Serbu
House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
Tags: House , cybersecurity , CISPA , Mike Rogers , Michael McCaul
The 2014 budget and "Pay for Delay"
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, and patent litigation settlements involving pharmaceutical companies.
April 18, 2013
Tags: acquisition , contracting , 2014 budget , President Barack Obama , deficit reduction , Loren Duggan , Cameron Leuthy , Federal Trade Commission , patent litigation , pay for delay , Brian Rye , Allen Scott , Bloomberg Government , Capital Impact
Labor nominee Perez pledges open mind
Tags: Labor Department , Thomas Perez , Justice Department , Civil Rights Division , Senate , people
Postal Service's 'broken business model' under fire but solutions scarce
Postmaster General Pat Donahoe told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday that the Postal Service is operating under a "broken business model." But cost-saving efforts, such as ending Saturday delivery and modifying a multibillion dollar requirement to prefund future retirees health care costs, garnered little agreement among lawmakers.
Tags: USPS , House , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Frederic Rolando , NALC , Pat Donahoe , Gene Dodaro , Jack Moore
Sequestration already taking toll on DoD's research and development
Defense agencies and services are pulling back hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants and contracts. Impending furloughs will further impair DoD's ability to get money out the door.
Tags: DoD , science and technology , sequestration , DARPA , Matthew Klunder , Alan Shaffer , Arati Prabhakar , Jared Serbu , House Armed Services Committee , budget , research and development
Report: US footing greater bill for overseas bases
Tags: DoD , Senate , Senate Armed Services Committee
