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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 ,
Senate bill revisits contractor pay cap
The bill (S.2198), introduced Thursday by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), would cap contractors' pay at $400,000 and apply that cap to all contract employees — not just top executives.
Tags: Barbara Boxer , Chuck Grassley , pay cap , DoD , OMB , Congress , Jolie Lee
Analysis: No easy answers for a lawmaker's contractor inquiry
On the face of it, it seems like a simple question: How many contractors work for the Department of Homeland Security? And in fact, a top Senate subcommittee chair, whose panel oversees government contracting only got a spreadsheet with a statistical estimate of the number of DHS contractors working in the area. A representative from one of the top trade groups representing the federal contracting industry offers some analysis.
Tags: management , DHS , homeland security , security , Elaine Duke , Senate Task Force on Government Performance , Claire McCaskill , Max Cacas , contracting ,
Contractor fatalities skyrocket in Iraq, Afghanistan
So far this year, more contractors have died in Iraq and Afghanistan than American soldiers, according to a report.
Tags: DoD Report , Iraq and Afghanistan , Dorobek Insider
