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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
Changes to COLAs, retirement benefits included in Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama is calling for the implementation of the "chained Consumer Price Index" to measure inflation. The change will reduce cost-of-living adjustments for retired federal employees and Social Security recipients. The 2014 budget is officially scheduled for release on Wednesday.
Tags: budget , 2014 budget , Barack Obama , chained CPI , COLA , retirement , Social Security
Federal budget cuts ground Air Force aircraft
Tags: budget , budget 2014 , Air Force , Barack Obama , DoD
Analysis: Pay, benefits, O&M will swallow entire DoD budget by 2024
Absent structural changes, the combination of 10-year budget caps Congress has already approved and rising growth in personnel costs mean DoD would be able to sign paychecks, administer healthcare benefits and not much more.
Tags: workforce , DoD , budget , 2014 budget , sequestration , Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments , Todd Harrison , Jared Serbu
Bill would tie Congressional pay to spending cuts
Democratic Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says she'll introduce a bill next week that would subject Congressional salaries to any future automatic, across-the-board cuts like those that took effect last month.
Tags: Eleanor Holmes Norton , budget , sequestration
