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McCain, Graham warn on CIA nominee vote
Tags: John Brennan , CIA , Lindsey Graham , John McCain , Senate Intelligence Committee , Congress
Obama to tap Walmart's Burwell for OMB chief
Tags: OMB , Barack Obama , Congress , Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Intel committee to vote next week on CIA nominee
Tags: CIA , John Brennan ,
Cuts imminent, Senate rejects stopgap efforts
Tags: sequestration , Congress , budget
Lew set to start at Treasury as budget cuts loom
Senate panel plans Tuesday vote on Lew nomination
Tags: Jack Lew , Treasury , Congress , Senate Finance Committee
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 , IRS , whistlelower , Danny Werfel , OMB , 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
Warner hopeful feds won't feel a budget 'jolt'
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp that a large number of lawmakers from both parties support a plan that raises more revenues and recognizes that entitlement programs have got to be made viable over the long term.
Tags: Mark Warner , Congress , Barack Obama , John Boehner , budget , sequestration , continuing resolution , Michael OConnell
OMB to Congress: Sequestration impact 'real,' but furloughs not immediate
Obama administration officials are painting a bleak picture of how federal agencies would fare under sequestration, the automatic budget cuts slated to go into effect in two weeks. The Senate Appropriations Committee heard testimony from several Obama administration officials about the consequences of the cuts, which are set to take effect March 1. However, Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget, emphasized to the committee that employee furloughs would not be immediate.
Tags: Congress , Senate Appropriations Committee , Barbara Mikulski , Danny Werfel , Ashton Carter , sequestration , OMB , furloughs , Jack Moore
