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OMB to Congress: Sequestration impact 'real,' but furloughs not immediate
Obama administration officials are painting a bleak picture of how federal agencies would fare under sequestration, the automatic budget cuts slated to go into effect in two weeks. The Senate Appropriations Committee heard testimony from several Obama administration officials about the consequences of the cuts, which are set to take effect March 1. However, Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget, emphasized to the committee that employee furloughs would not be immediate.
Tags: Congress , Senate , Senate Appropriations Committee , Barbara Mikulski , Danny Werfel , Ashton Carter , OMB , furloughs , Jack Moore
Former Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn on the timeline of defense sequestration planning
Bill Lynn, former deputy secretary of Defense and now chief executive officer of DRS Technologies, joins Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss how the Pentagon has prepared for the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts.
Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , Pentagon Solutions , Bill Lynn ,
Democrats to unveil bill to replace budget cuts
Civilian discretionary spending under scrutiny
On this week's Bloomberg Government show, nine programs that make ideal targets for budget cuts.
February 7, 2013
Tags: Bloomberg Government , Allen Scott , Cameron Leuthy , Loren Duggan , budget
Pentagon moving to freeze hiring, delay contracts
Tags: budget , Leon Panetta , hiring freeze , furloughs
September Defense spending spree takes on new urgency
The Office of Management and Budget estimates that $83.5 billion in previous years' Department of Defense funds will remain unobligated on Sept. 30, the end of fiscal 2012, reports Kevin Brancato and Robert Levinson of Bloomberg Government.
Tags: OMB , DoD , Kevin Brancato , Bloomberg Government , Federal Drive , budget ,
13 defense executives bemoan uncertainty of cuts
Defense industry executives criticize the impending sequestration, which they say would lead to the loss of more than 1 million defense-related jobs.
Tags: John McCain , Joe Lieberman , DoD , industry , Northrop Grumman , Boeing , Congress , Senate
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 , budget , layoff , WARN , contractor
What could possibly go wrong?
Having set up the sequestration system that will trigger draconian automatic spending cuts, both political parties now say it shouldn't happen, that furloughs would have a catastrophic impact on the economy, national defense, maybe even the weather So, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants t know: What does it look like from where you stand -- and work.
Tags: Mike Causey , pay and benefits , workforce , furloughs
Sequestration, furloughs, federal pay raise, and more
Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, and Federal Times reporter Stephen Losey will discuss sequestration and other issues affecting federal workers.
February 13, 2013
Tags: pay and benefits , furlough , Federal Workers , contractors , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Federal Times , Stephen Losey , federal pay raise , budget cuts , OMB , AFGE , Your Turn , Mike Causey
