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Sequestration worries uniformed leaders, Congress
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, in a visit to the Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, discussed the challenges facing the Defense Department. Also, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) discussed the challenges of sequestration in a keynote address at a Brookings Institution event.
Tags: DoD , Pentagon Solutions , In Depth , Francis Rose , Martin Dempsey , sequestration , budget
GOP lawmakers question fairness of DoD pay and benefit cuts
Members of Congress complain that DoD's budget cuts don't do enough to trim civilian personnel spending.
Tags: DoD , DoD budget , Congress , Mike Coffman , Leon Panetta , Austin Scott , TRICARE , pay and benefits , workforce , FEHBP , OPM , Jared Serbu
New rules on when FBI retains custody of detainees
The Obama administration outlined Tuesday when the FBI, rather than the military, could be allowed to retain custody of al-Qaida terrorism suspects who aren't U.S. citizens but are arrested by federal law enforcement officers.<
Tags: FBI , Barack Obama , al-Qaida , DoD , National Security Council , John McCain , Lindsey Graham ,
GOP plan cuts fed pay, workforce to save DoD from sequestration
GOP senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would grant the Defense Department a one-year reprieve from "sequestration" cuts. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the proposal "skullduggery."
Tags: DoD , Congress , pay and benefits , workforce , supercommittee , sequestration , John McCain , Jon Kyl , John Cornyn , CBO , NTEU , Martin Dempsey , BRAC , pay freeze , attrition , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Congress clears $662 billion defense bill
Tags: DoD , Senate , Leon Panetta , Harry Reid , Rand Paul , Treasury Department , Bob Menendez , Dianne Feinstein , Mark Kirk , Wendy Sherman , David Cohen , Carl Levin , FBI , Robert Mueller
Senate wants new legal deadline for DoD audits
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told DoD he wants it to be ready for a partial audit by 2014. The Senate this week is considering taking that goal and making it law.
Tags: DoD , management , financial management , Congress , Senate , Robert Hale , audit readiness , JoAnn Boutelle , Deloitte , Jared Serbu
