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Civilian discretionary spending under scrutiny

On this week's Bloomberg Government show, nine programs that make ideal targets for budget cuts.
February 7, 2013

Tags: Bloomberg Government , Allen Scott , Cameron Leuthy , Loren Duggan , sequestration , budget

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Pentagon moving to freeze hiring, delay contracts

Tags: budget , sequestration , Leon Panetta , hiring freeze , furloughs

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September Defense spending spree takes on new urgency

The Office of Management and Budget estimates that $83.5 billion in previous years' Department of Defense funds will remain unobligated on Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2012, reports Kevin Brancato and Robert Levinson of Bloomberg Government.

Tags: OMB , DoD , Kevin Brancato , Bloomberg Government , Federal Drive , budget , sequestration

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13 defense executives bemoan uncertainty of cuts

Defense industry executives criticize the impending sequestration, which they say would lead to the loss of more than 1 million defense-related jobs.

Tags: John McCain , Joe Lieberman , DoD , sequestration , industry , Northrop Grumman , Boeing , Congress , Senate

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Lockheed, BAE say they won't issue layoff notices if sequestration takes effect

Lockheed Martin will not issue layoff notices — known as Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices — if the automatic, across-the-board cuts known as sequestration take effect Jan. 2.

Tags: Lockheed Martin , sequestration , budget , layoff , WARN , contractor

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What could possibly go wrong?

Having set up the sequestration system that will trigger draconian automatic spending cuts, both political parties now say it shouldn't happen, that furloughs would have a catastrophic impact on the economy, national defense, maybe even the weather So, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants t know: What does it look like from where you stand -- and work.

Tags: Mike Causey , pay and benefits , workforce , sequestration , furloughs

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Sequestration, furloughs, federal pay raise, and more

Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, and Federal Times reporter Stephen Losey will discuss sequestration and other issues affecting federal workers.
February 13, 2013

Tags: pay and benefits , sequestration , furlough , Federal Workers , contractors , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Federal Times , Stephen Losey , federal pay raise , budget cuts , OMB , AFGE , Your Turn , Mike Causey

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OMB delaying budget passback guidance, creating uncertainty

The White House typically gives agencies both funding and policy updates for the upcoming budget request by Thanksgiving. This year OMB decided to hold off on passback guidance because of the current fiscal negotiations with Congress. Several senior agency officials said this lag will compress the timeline to respond to the information and require them to prepare for something that may never happen.

Tags: management , budget , technology , OMB , Jim Capretta , Ethics and Public Policy Center , Dan Tangherlini , GSA , sequestration , Jason Miller

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OMB offers agencies sequestration guidance as deadline looms

The Obama administration offered agencies new guidance on sequestration, telling agency leaders and federal-employee unions that sequestration won't have an immediate impact on the federal workforce or government operations even if the automatic budget cuts go into effect Jan. 2.

Tags: federal unions , OMB , OPM , John Berry , Danny Werfel , sequestration , Jack Moore

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Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine

Tags: John Boehner , Barack Obama , fiscal cliff , sequestration , Congress , House , budget , Robert Bixby , Concord Coalition , Plan B

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