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Obama nominates next heads of EPA, Energy

President Barack Obama signaled his willingness to tackle climate change with his pick of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, one of three major appointments he announced Monday.

Tags: Gina McCarthy , EPA , Sylvia Mathews Burwell , Ernest Moniz , Energy , President Barack Obama , people

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New OMB report lacks details on sequestration cuts

A report released by the White House to detail automatic budget cuts details reductions only down to the budget account level -- not to the more granular program, project and activity level and varies in the level of detail describing cuts to specific agency budgets.

Tags: sequestration , DoD , DHS , budget , GSA

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Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

Tags: Sylvia Mathews Burwell , Barack Obama , Jeffrey Zients , Energy Department , EPA , Ernest Moniz , Gina McCarthy

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Sequestration gives federal IT a crisis of confidence

Steven VanRoekel, the federal CIO, said the PortfolioStat approach will help agencies manage through these tough budget times. He said agency technology investments could take a hit as the automatic spending cuts become real.

Tags: technology , Steven VanRoekel , PortfolioStat , sequestration , budget , data-drive decisions , Jason Miller , exclusive

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Obama to tap Walmart's Burwell for OMB chief

Tags: Barack Obama , Senate , Congress , Sylvia Mathews Burwell

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OMB directs agencies to stop most discretionary bonuses under sequestration

The administration issued new guidance late Wednesday detailing specific steps agencies should take as sequestration now is one-day away. Danny Werfel, OMB's controller, told agency leaders to place "increased scrutiny" around several personnel issues, including new hires, training, travel and conferences.

Tags: management , workforce , contracting , Danny Werfel , Barack Obama , John Boehner , Congress , sequestration , Barbara Mikulski , furloughs , pay and benefits , Jason Miller

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Sequestration treadmill picking up steam across DoD

The automatic budget cuts set to occur under sequestration will go into effect as a matter of law on Friday. But their full impact won't be felt until late this spring, long after lawmakers encounter the next budget showdown.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , budget , Karen Dyson , Curt Rauhut , Mark Welsh , James Amos , Jared Serbu , House Appropriations Committee , Air Force , Marine Corps , Army , service contracts

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Coburn calls for partial federal job freeze as sequestration nears

The Republican senator from Oklahoma is asking the Office of Management and Budget to require agencies to stop hiring for certain positions. Instead, he would like that funding put towards mission critical jobs that could be affected by sequestration cuts. Coburn, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, found 10 jobs listed on USAJobs.gov that he believes could be frozen. He says this would give agencies $1.4 million to spend on positions like border security officers and TSA screeners.

Tags: Tom Coburn , sequestration , job freeze , Congress , workforce , Jeff Zients , Jason Miller

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OMB, agencies still crunching sequestration-related furlough numbers for non-DoD civilians

The White House released its estimate on the impact of cuts from sequestration would have on each state and the District of Columbia. OMB's Danny Werfel said they still are obtaining clarity on the impact $85 billion in cuts would have on each agency.

Tags: management , sequestration , Danny Werfel , White House , Congress , workforce , Jason Miller

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 25, 2013

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is concerned new regulations may make whistleblowers even more reluctant to report tax fraud to the IRS. OMB Controller Danny Werfel says $85 billion in cuts under sequestration would hurt every state. Maj. Gen. Brett Williams says the U.S. Cyber Command is trying to figure how to normalize operations alongside air, land and sea capabilities. Lynn Singleton, director of environmental services at Lockheed Martin, talks about helping agencies move their email to the cloud. Dr. Milton Corn explains why The National Library of Medicine is monitoring social media.

Tags: Chuck Grassley , Senate , IRS , whistlelower , Danny Werfel , sequestration , U.S. Cyber Command , Brett Williams , Lynn Singleton , Lockheed Martin , industry , cloud , Milton Corn , National Library of Medicine , National Institutes of Health , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive

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