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Congress passes CR, headed to Obama
Congress passed a stopgap spending measure that funds government through March 4. The bill is on its way to President Obama to be signed into law.
Tags: continuing resolution , pay and benefits , pay debate , pay freeze , Senate , Congress , Barack Obama ,
Agreement signed to clean up Ft. Detrick
A Federal Facilities Agreement has been signed to clean up the contamination at Ft. Detrick.
Tags: EPA , DoD , Fort Detrick , Superfund , Benjamin Cardin ,
Before RFP, early communication in everyone's interest
Motorola's Jim Mears discusses the need for industry and government to communicate prior to a request for proposal. Mears was a guest on In Depth with Francis Rose's Industry Chatter series.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Industry Chatter , Jim Mears , Motorola , contracting , technology ,
Transit subsidy, Social Security tax break becomes law
The President is expected to sign into law Friday the sweeping bipartisan tax package that includes a tax break for social security and a continuation of the public transit benefit.
Tags: Congress , taxes , Social Security , pay and benefits , transit subsidy , Barack Obama , Associated Press , budget
Senate bill mandates agency performance goals
A bill passed by the Senate aims to increase government accountability by creating a performance officer at each agency.
Tags: Tom Carper , Senate , accountability , transparency , technology , Performance goals ,
House expected to vote on short-term CR
Tags: Congress , budget , Senate , House , continuing resolution ,
Pay freeze, funding questions answered as end of year approaches
Questions about agency funding, pay freezes, and benefits are answered for feds as the end of the year approaches.
Tags: Congress , pay freeze , pay and benefits , pay debate , budget , DADT , furlough , transit subsidy , omnibus , continuing resolution ,
Senate passes Acquisitions Improvement Act
The bill aims to improve acquisition workforce training, increase accountability and expand the use of the Acquisition Workforce Training Fund.
Tags: Susan Collins , Acquisition Improvement Act , acquisition , procurement , contracting , Senate , budget , OFPP ,
Senate omnibus bill includes 2-year pay freeze
The $1.1 trillion Senate omnibus bill would authorize President Obama's pay freeze proposal. But it protects against furloughs or reductions-in-force. The Senate's bill would replace the House's version, which is a continuing resolution. Lawmakers must approve a bill before Dec. 19 when the current CR expires.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay freeze , pay debate , Senate , omnibus , Congress , House , continuing resolution , furloughs , Jason Miller , management , contracting
GPO teams with Google to offer federal e-books
The Government Printing Office and Google are now offering more than 100 electronic titles of federal government publications.
Tags: GPO , Google , technology , e-reader , Davita Vance-Cooks
