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Biden, Ryan wrangle over budget, defense cuts
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said President Barack Obama has failed to produce a workable budget plan, while Vice President Joe Biden said budgets introduced by Ryan "eviscerated all the things that the middle class cares about."
Tags: Paul Ryan , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , debate , budget , defense cuts , sequestration , Afghanistan , Libya , Chris Stevens , Medicare , Social Security
Secret Service recovers truck with Biden supplies
Detroit police have released photos of a male "person of interest" in the theft of a Secret Service rental truck carrying equipment related to Vice President Joe Biden's Labor Day visit to Detroit.
Tags: Secret Service , Federal Drive
Biden's recent moves stoking chatter about 2016
Tags: VA , Disabled American Veterans , pay and benefits , sequestration
Agency performance reporting lags under wasteful spending initiative
A report by the Congressional Research Service finds it's not clear whether agencies are meeting performance goals set out a June 2011 executive order to make the federal government more efficient and accountable.
Tags: CRS , Tom Coburn , transparency , GAT Board , RAT Board , technology , Campaign to Cut Waste , Barack Obama ,
Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it
Lawmakers are poised to spend $120 billion or so to renew a Social Security tax cut that averaged just under $1,000 per household this year.
Tags: John Boehner , Barack Obama , budget , supercommittee , Robert Reischauer , Congressional Budget Office , Howard McKeon , social security tax cut
Vice President Biden visits Iraq
Biden's trip is designed to solidify ties between Iraq and the United States.
Tags: Iraq , DoD , DoD Report
Small Business and Joe Biden
Tags: small business , SBA , National Small Business Week , stimulus , GAO
Pictures At An Exhibition
Coming soon to a federal office near you, 300,000 first-ever digital photographs of President Obama and Vice-President Biden. If you don't rate one because of your location or rank, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells how you can buy your own.
Tags: P&B , Presidential portrait , Grover Cleveland , Barack Obama , George W. Bush , NARFE , Margaret L. Baptiste , stimulus
OMB orders governmentwide review of conference spending
Agencies must complete their analysis by Nov. 1 and be prepared to present their findings during the December cabinet meeting with the Vice President. OMB's edict comes after the Justice Department inspector general found excessive spending by the agency. This is not the first time agencies have had trouble controlling conference expenses.
Tags: management , OMB , Jacob Lew , DoJ , DHS , inspector general , conference spending , Jason Miller
Acquisition reform and more
Allen Federal president Larry Allen joins host Mark Amtower to talk a wide range of government procurement issues.
September 19, 2011(Encore presentation October 24, 2011)
Tags: contracting , acquisition , procurement , Larry Allen , Allen Federal , OFPP , GAO , acquisition reform , marketing , business development , spending cuts , FY 2011 budget , FY 2012 budget , continuing resolution , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center
