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Panetta: Layoffs unlikely over 'fiscal cliff'
Tags: defense budget , DoD , Barack Obama , budget , fiscal cliff , Carl Levin , Senate Armed Services Committee , John McCain , Senate ,
GOP plan would open FEHBP to non-feds
Four senators introduced a bill that would add Medicare patients to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, as Medicare is gradually phased out. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association tells feds to be wary of the bill.
Tags: retirement , Lindsey Graham , Jim DeMint , Mike Lee , FEHBP , NARFE , Joseph Beaudoin , Medicare , benefits , Michael OConnell , Congress , Senate
Congress clears $662 billion defense bill
Tags: DoD , Senate , Leon Panetta , Harry Reid , Treasury Department , Bob Menendez , Dianne Feinstein , Mark Kirk , Kelly Ayotte , Wendy Sherman , David Cohen , Carl Levin , FBI , Robert Mueller
Senate committee approves DHS hiring freeze in reauthorization bill
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold the number of federal employees stable for the foreseeable future. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he also wants to look at the size of the agency's contractor workforce as well. The freeze was approved in the committee's first-ever DHS reauthorization bill.
Tags: management , workforce , DHS , Susan Collins , Joseph Lieberman , Claire McCaskill , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , contracting , acquisition , TechAmerica , Rafael Borras , Jason Miller , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Rand Paul: Put Coast Guard in Defense
Newly elected Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., thinks the U.S. Coast Guard should be part of the Defense Department, not the Department of Homeland Security.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , USCG , DHS , Pentagon , Defense ,
