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Could cutting service contracts avert sequestration furloughs?
In an analysis prepared for the American Federation of Government Employees, contracting expert Charles Tiefer said that agency managers have a number of tools at their disposal to legally scale back service-contract spending and that doing so would be preferable to federal furloughs.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , AFGE , Charles Tiefer , industry , PSC , AIA , Alan Chvotkin , furloughs , workforce
Senate Democrats craft bill to avert budget cuts
Tags: Senate , Democrats , Harry Reid , DoD
White House outlines deep cuts it may have to make
Air Force: Sequestration already creating 'chronic inefficiency'
The Air Force's long-range planning and modernization takes back seat to preparations for near-term crises, including contingency plans to scale back civilian workforce. Civilian furloughs would be "breach of faith," Air Force says.
Tags: DoD , Air Force , budget , Jamie Morin , Larry Spencer , furloughs , workforce , Jared Serbu
OMB details widespread furloughs, cuts to agency programs under sequestration
OMB details hundreds of thousands of furloughs and cuts to nearly every agency program. Danny Werfel, OMB controller, said the effective percentage cut to each civilian agency would be about 9 percent and 13 percent for DoD over the next seven months.
Tags: budget , OMB , Danny Werfel , Jason Furman , White House , furloughs , John Boehner
CBP brings automated services to more than just travel elite
Building on the success of its Global Entry program for pre-enrolled travelers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has developed a self-service kiosk that anyone can use. John Wagner, executive director for Admissibility and Passenger Programs at CBP, tells Agency of the Month about this and other new technologies coming to an airport near you.
Tags: CBP , DHS , Agency of the Month , Gillian Brockell , budget , mobile , technology , John Wagner , Global Entry
Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 8, 2013
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue and Linda Cureton of NASA talks about their upcoming retirements. Register employee benefit consultant Ed Zurndorfer explains what feds can expect from possible furloughs. White House Historical Association Vice President of Research talks about possible renovations at the White House.
Tags: Michael Astrue , Social Security Administration , Linda Cureton , NASA , Ed Zurnforder , furloughs , DoD , DoD Report , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , William Bushong , White House Historical Association , Federal Drive
What's ahead for U.S. foreign service workers?
Daniel Hirsch, state vice president of the American Foreign Service Association, discusses the issues affecting government employees who are working overseas.
March 7, 2013
Tags: workforce , Foreign Service , foreign service workers , American Foreign Service Association , daniel hirsch , budget battle , Derrick Dortch , Fed Access , State Department
By year's end, troops will be unable to respond to crises, Pentagon says
Shortfalls in operating accounts would mean military units would be undertrained, underequipped and unable to deploy by the end of fiscal 2013, senior DoD officials predict.
Tags: DoD , Congress , budget , DoD budget , Navy , Army , readiness , Joint Chiefs of Staff , James Winnefeld , Robert Work , Terry Halvorsen , Jared Serbu
Furloughs: So, who's in charge?
Thanks to top government officials, we now have the definitive answer as to whether the government will have a series of furloughs and if so how they will work. The answer is either yes or no. There seems to be a little confusion at the top, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , workforce , furloughs
