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Forget the shutdown - Here comes the debt limit

Susan Irving, GAO's director for federal budget analysis, has details of the report on the government's fast-approaching debt limit.

Tags: budget , shutdown , Susan Irving , GAO , accountability , Congress , Dorobek Insider

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Federal worker, retiree orgs 'haven't heard a thing' on debt limit

Bruce Moyer, spokesman for the Federal-Postal Coalition, joined Your Turn with Mike Causey to discuss the group's efforts to learn information about what a government default would mean for federal employees. The coalition, made up of scores of federal groups, sent a letter to administration officials last week seeking information about a possible shutdown, federal furloughs and the impact of a default on the assets of the G Fund of the Federal Employees' Retirement System.

Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , Federal-Postal Coalition , pay and benefits , G Fund , Bruce Moyer , Jack Moore

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Contractors brace for debt debate outcome

Alan Boykin, chief learning officer at the National Contract Management Association, told Federal News Radio that government and industry should keep the lines of communication open, especially as uncertainty abounds about how the failure to raise the debt ceiling would impact federal spending.

Tags: contracting , acquisition , industry , alan boykin , National Contract Management Association , Federal Drive , Jack Moore , Tom Temin , Amy Morris

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Debt limit countdown: Day-to-day costs to keep your agency open

Jay Powell is a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Treasury undersecretary for President George H.W. Bush.

Tags: Bipartisan Policy Center , jay powell , Congress , budget , In Depth

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Debt limit hike denied?

Republicans invited to a White House meeting with President Barack Obama on the troubling national debt are trying to build up pressure for trillions in spending cuts in exchange for any increase in the government's ability to borrow. We get an update from The Hill's Josiah Ryan.

Tags: Federal Drive , The Hill , Josiah Ryan , Congress , budget

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Top 10 things to watch on the debt-ceiling

Managing editor of The Hill, Bob Cusack gives us 10 things to watch for during the contentious debate.

Tags: Federal Drive , The Hill , Bob Cusack , politics , agency funding , 2012 budget

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GOP budget plan cuts fed workforce, freezes pay for 3 years

Tags: Paul Ryan , Jason Chaffetz , budget , Barack Obama , shutdown , pay and benefits , pay freeze , reduction in force , attrition , House Budget Committee , House , Republicans , Jolie Lee

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Debt limit's impact on your Thrift Savings Plan

Does the battle over the debt limit have an impact on the TSP super-safe G fund?

Tags: TSP , Tom Trabucco , budget , pay and benefits , retirement , GAO , Dorobek Insider

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