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Nearly 250 laid off at Wash. Hanford nuclear site

The Department of Energy announced that 235 people will be laid off, and more than 2,500 will be furloughed for several weeks, as a result of automatic federal budget cuts.

Tags: Energy , Hanford , budget , furloughs

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Sequestration and procurement

Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, Inc. will discuss how contracting is being affected by sequestration. He also will talk about this year's big procurement issues, and whether the current procurement system is working.
March 19, 2013

Tags: acquistion , contracting , procurement , Jon Etherton , Etherton and Associates , Oversight & Government Reform , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf

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DoD furloughs to begin April 26, with almost no exceptions

The Pentagon will send furlough notices to civilian employees in the next two weeks. Defense components would not be spared from furloughs, regardless of any other efforts they take to offset sequestration.

Tags: DoD , budget , Robert Hale , Susan Yarwood , Jared Serbu , workforce , furloughs

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Catchall spending bill advances in Senate

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Sequestration cuts force GSA to cancel two more conferences

The annual SmartPay and FedForum conferences have been canceled this year due to cuts to agency travel and training budgets under sequestration.

Tags: GSA , conferences , SmartPay , FedForum , industry , management , training , Jason Miller

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Send us your sequestration rally photos

Federal News Radio wants photos from the National Day of Protest rallies being held in your cities on March 20.

Tags: National Day of Protest , rally , AFGE

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GAO to review agency sequestration planning, implementation

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) asked auditors to review five different areas of sequestration. The Government Accountability Office will examine the actual sequestration order, as well as the July 31 memo to agencies from the Office of Management and Budget. He also wants GAO to look at any supporting reports, regulations and orders for compliance with the Budget Control Act, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, and other relevant statutes.

Tags: mangement , Paul Ryan , GAO , House , House Budget Committee , OMB , Jason Miller

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Sequestration and the clearance market

Evan Lesser, founder and director for ClearanceJobs.com, will discuss the state of hiring in the clear community, and how its being impacted by sequestration.
March 15, 2013

Tags: workforce , furloughs , ClearanceJobs.com , Evan Lesser , security clearances , budget battle , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch

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Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks

Tags: Barack Obama , Senate , Senate Budget Committee , Patty Murray , Congress , budget ,

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Not tonight honey - I feel a headache coming on!

Suppose your significant other announced that, due to sequestration, romance would be out of the question starting in April. That, in effect, is how many federal agencies are reacting as they roll out furlough notices and service cutbacks as part of the budgetary (and political) process, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , furloughs

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