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Reid to push omnibus, avoid another stopgap spending bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he will move a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill to avoid another continuing resolution.

Tags: Congress , budget , Harry Reid , Senate , Barack Obama , continuing resolution , omnibus

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Supercommittee Tracker

Track recommendations on federal pay, benefits and retirement made to the supercommittee by top Congressional leaders and the White House.

Tags: supercommittee , management , budget , Congress , House , Senate , Elijah Cummings , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Barack Obama , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , pay and benefits , retirement , workforce , hiring , Jolie Lee , Jack Moore

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Deficit hawks urge deep cuts by supercommittee

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Unions once again urge supercommittee to save feds' pay, benefits

Lawmakers charged with reducing the federal deficit should look to contractors' compensation rather than reduce government workers' pay and benefits, a coalition of federal unions and management associations wrote in a letter to supercommittee leaders.

Tags: Susan Collins , Joe Lieberman , pay and benefits , Federal-Postal Coalition , supercommittee , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Congress , budget , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Emily Kopp , hiring , workforce

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On the Up and Up

Tags: management , Government Spending Report , Treasury Department

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Slash and Burn?

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Summing Up

This is my last, weekly Op-Ed on Federal News Radio, and I want our listeners to know that I appreciate the wonderful support, emails, and comments you have made over the past year.

Tags: Lurita Doan , Federal News Radio , Leadership Matters , stimulus , federal budget , contracting , small business , job creation , Peter Orszag

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Subcommittee to examine agency energy usage

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said his subcommittee will take up the subject of energy conservation and the federal government when Congress goes back in session next week.

Tags: management , contracting , Sen. Tom Carper , Sen. Joe Lieberman , Sen. Susan Collins , Energy , energy conservation , FISMA , cybersecurity , Dorothy Ramienski

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CBO Sees Higher Deficit

Tags: mngt , Sen. Ben Cardin , budget , Congressional Budget Office

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House seeks budget below 2008 levels

House GOP are outlining a 2012 budget that aims to cut spending to less than 2008 levels.

Tags: Reuters , Eric Cantor , House , Republican , Congress , budget , tax reform

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