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Smoke-free federal buildings bill closes smoking loophole
A new bill, introduced by Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.) would ban smoking in and near all federal buildings, closing a loophole that exempted many federal buildings from a 2008 directive banning smoking. Previous anti-smoking directives applied only to buildings under GSA's custody.
Tags: Congress , Susan Davis , GSA , smoking ban , federal buildings
Supercommittee Tracker
Track recommendations on federal pay, benefits and retirement made to the supercommittee by top Congressional leaders and the White House.
Tags: supercommittee , management , budget , Congress , Senate , Elijah Cummings , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Barack Obama , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , pay and benefits , retirement , workforce , hiring , deficit , Jolie Lee , Jack Moore
Agriculture appropriations first to go to conference committee
The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate's.
Tags: Congress , Senate , budget , USDA , appropriations , continuing resolution , Steny Hoyer
DoD to create map of defense industry
The Pentagon said it needs a much clearer picture of the subcontractors beneath the top tier of prime vendors it works with every day. DoD is trying to create a comprehensive map of the entire defense industry so it can keep critical suppliers healthy during an expected period of industry consolidation.
Tags: DoD , industry , contracting , acquisition , defense industrial base , Congress , House Armed Services Committee , Bill Schuster , Brett Lambert , Jared Serbu
Analysis: Repeal of tax withholding law good news for both industry, government
Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.
Tags: Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , contracting , Congress , In Depth , tax
Cuts to federal pay may hurt public services, CBO warns supercommittee
A rare public hearing of the supercommittee suggests members aren't close to developing a plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal deficit over 10 years. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf warned them that cuts to discretionary funding, including feds' pay, would not solve the problem.
Tags: Congress , pay and benefits , supercommittee , CBO , budget , Senate , Patty Murray , Jeb Hensarling , Doug Elmendorf , Emily Kopp
House to repeal law withholding contractors' taxes
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it's seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Congress , Eric Cantor , acquisition policy
Military retirement costs are affordable, DoD says
Amid calls for military retirement reform, Pentagon officials say the system that's in place right now is not the main driver of the department's escalating personnel costs and is affordable . Their remarks Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee run counter to a Defense Business Board report that suggested retirement costs may eventually crowd out warfighting capability.
Tags: DoD , Congress , House Armed Services Committee , pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , military retirement , Defense Business Board , Steve Stobridge , Jo Ann Rooney , Vee Penrod , Austin Scott , Jared Serbu
Lawmakers open to changes in military benefits
The government's promise of lifetime health care for the military's men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits.
Tags: Congress , Senate , supercommittee , TRICARE , Tom Coburn , Mark Warner , John McCain , Carl Levin , pay and benefits , House Armed Services Committee , Buck McKeon
WH threatens veto of contractor tax repeal over offsets
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that would repeal the 3 percent tax withholding on government contractors because of the spending cuts attached to the legislation. The Senate version of the bill would cut $30 billion in government spending to pay for repealing the tax, which the White House says is too much.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition policy , Congress , Senate , Jack Moore
