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Treasury to end paper savings bonds
Beginning Jan. 1, the department will discontinue paper U.S. savings bonds in favor of an all-electronic format. The move has been planned for a number of months, but Treasury "reiterated" the move this week with an announcement on its website and a timeline presenting the 76-year history of the bonds.
Tags: Treasury , savings bonds , Bureau of the Public Debt , Rosie Rios , TreasuryDirect ,
Is defense sequestration rhetoric overblown?
David Berteau, senior vice president and director of the International Security Program and Ryan Crotty, a research associate with the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, joined Francis Rose for Pentagon Solutions. According to their research, the effect of sequestration on the defense budget may not be as catastrophic as Pentagon leaders have conjectured.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Pentagon Solutions , CSIS , supercommittee , DoD , sequestration , budget , defense budget , David Berteau , Ryan Crotty ,
House GOP payroll tax plan includes federal pay freeze, retirement changes
House Republicans unveiled their plan for extending the payroll tax cut Friday, which includes proposals to extend a federal pay freeze and makes changes to federal employees' retirement.
Tags: federal pay freeze , House , Senate , Congress , retirement , John Boehner , payroll tax cut ,
Senate blocks federal pay freeze extension a second time
Senate Democrats blocked a bill for the second time that would freeze federal pay for three more years in order to offset an extension of the payroll tax cut. The Democrats own plan to pay for the extension with a surtax on the income of millionaires was also voted down.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , federal pay freeze , Dean Heller , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , payroll tax cut ,
GSA offers tips for trimming fat from agency budgets
Steve Kempf, Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, joined with Francis Rose to discuss ways agencies could meet their goals to cut inefficient spending.
Tags: GSA , FAS , Steve Kempf , budget , management , best practices , In Depth , Francis Rose ,
GOP proposal would freeze federal pay, cut workforce by 10 percent
Senate Republicans are proposing an extension of the federal pay freeze in order to pay for a continuation of a payroll tax cut favored by congressional Democrats and the White House. The proposal, which was assailed by some Democrats and federal employee unions, also includes a provision to cut 10 percent of the federal workforce — or about 200,000 positions.
Tags: Congress , pay and benefits , pay freeze , Senate , Meredith Shiner , In Depth , Francis Rose ,
Contract savings ideas range from innovative to old-school
Steve Kelman, a professor of public management at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said in an in interview on In Depth with Francis Rose that agencies should consider a range of options to find contracting savings. His own list of cost-savings tips runs the gamut from "Nobody's ever done this," to "So old, it's new again."
Tags: Steve Kelman , contracting , acquisition , acquisition workforce , In Depth , Francis Rose ,
How will Twitter, social media play into new record-keeping policy?
How exactly does an agency store a tweet? And how do agencies know when the latest 140-character mini-message rises to the level of a permanently valuable historical record? A new Presidential memo tasks the National Archives and Records Administration with answer these social-media stumpers.
Tags: records management , NARA , Paul Wester , social media , technolgoy ,
Agencies have 120 days to start getting e-records in shape
In a new memo, President Barack Obama tasked agencies with reviewing their policies for storing and managing electronic communications, including emails and social media postings. Agencies must submit reviews of their current policies in 120 days. Meanwhile, the National Archives and Records Administration plans to develop a governmentwide framework.
Tags: NARA , David Ferriero , records management , Barack Obama , social media , GAO , Catherine Teti , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , Anne Weismann , Emily Kopp ,
Analysis: Threat of 'abrupt' cuts will hang over DoD for next year
Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how sequestration will affect defense managers and contractors. He said the threat of automatic, across-the-board cuts from sequestration will hang over DoD for the next year.
Tags: Todd Harrison , CSBA , DoD , budget , supercommittee , sequestration , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , industry , acquisition , Congress ,
