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FY 2012 budget readied for Valentine's Day release

President Barack Obama is expected to submit his budget request for fiscal 2012 on Valentines Day. Already there's not much love lost between the parties. Republicans want to cut $55 billion from the budget. The president's new chief of staff is asking "where's the beef?"

Tags: newsstand , budget cuts , Mitch McConnell , John Boehner

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GAO: DoD needs greater financial accountability

A GAO report reviews DoD's financial management.

Tags: DoD Report , Army , GAO , High-Risk List , Dorobek Insider

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State of the Union analysis round-up

Tags: Barack Obama , State of the Union , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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Budget work about to hit Congress

Congress is about to be confronted with the reality of funding your agency at new, theoretical levels. For how that might happen, we get details from The Hill's Bob Cusack.

Tags: Federal Drive , Congress , FY 2011 , The Hill , Bob Cusack , management , Suzanne Kubota

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In new round of budget talks, Defense spending not safe

MSNBC reports on efforts to cut the budget without ruling out defense cuts.

Tags: DoD Report , MSNBC , Congress , Dorobek Insider

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State of the Union to foreshadow more cuts?

Federal employees are already the target of cost-cutting. Tuesday's State of the Union address may offer more ideas of how deep the cutting will go.

Tags: Must Reads , State of the Union , Barack Obama , spending , pay freeze , CRS , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , CNN Money , Dorobek Insider

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Obama war request cuts DoD budget by 26 percent

Bloomberg News reports that the Obama administration wants to cut the DoD budget through troop reductions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tags: Bloomberg News , DoD Report , Afghanistan and Iraq , Barack Obama , troops , Dorobek Insider

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Analysis: OMB 25-point IT plan 'very practical'

Joe Moye, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions, shares his thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of the IT reform plan.

Tags: Joe Moye , Capgemini Government Solutions , OMB , IT reform , technology , efficiency , cloud computing , program management , Industry Chatter , In Depth , Francis Rose

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DoD cuts could revitalize older programs

The Washington Post reports that some of the budgetary cutbacks could mean a second chance for older defense systems.

Tags: DoD Report , Robert Gates , Dorobek Insider , General Dynamics , EADS , Todd Harrison

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deLeon reviews QDR and NSPS transition

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy deLeon reviews the Quadrennial Defense Review and the transition from NSPS.

Tags: In Depth , Rudy deLeon , Francis Rose , DoD , QDR , Robert Gates , John James

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