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Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings
Tags: Senate , Congress , Harry Reid
OMB employees begin furloughs
The White House tells "a majority" of career staff not to come to work. It's the first of 10 furlough days over the next six months. Labor, FAA and EPA also have or are furloughing employees.
Tags: workforce , OMB , furloughs , EPA , National Park Service , FAA , Jason Miller
Flight delays pile up amid FAA budget cuts
Furloughs go from bluff to reality. What's next?
A week after the bombings in Boston and the catastrophic explosion in Texas, key federal agencies have unveiled or are refining their plans to furlough tens of thousands of workers, including those who protect the country and those who collect the money to pay the bills, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. And this makes sense because...
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , furloughs
FAA furloughs kick in, some flight delays appear
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Airlines, pilots sue government to stop furloughs
Two airline trade associations and the Air Line Pilots Association said they have filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to stop the furloughs.
Tags: FAA , pilots , furloughs
Ripple effect of furloughs
Politicians first said it couldn't happen, then that it shouldn't happen and, finally, we were assured it would never happen. One problem, it -- sequestration-triggered furloughs -- did happen. Not as quickly as some predicted. But they are with us, as federal agencies juggle their finances, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , workforce , furloughs
IRS to furlough all 90,000 employees
The agency has identified five furlough days where it will, essentially, shut down entirely. A memo sent Friday to IRS staff from Acting Commissioner Steven Miller said the furlough days will start in May and continue through August.
Tags: IRS , furloughs , Steven Miller
Flight delays: Furloughs begin at airports Sunday
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DHS, DoD asking OMB for sequestration reprogramming authority
Homeland Security, Defense and USDA are asking the Office of Management and Budget for the ability to reprogram agency funds to soften the blow of sequestration. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the agency must cut $3 billion by Sept. 30 and every mission, contract and person will be impacted in some way. She said the Coast Guard already is feeling the impact of the cuts in mission areas.
Tags: budget , DHS , Janet Napolitano , DoD , Labor , Jon Etherton , Etherton and Associates , Coalition for Government Procurement , House Homeland Security Committee , cybersecurity , St. Elizabeths , DHS headquarters , workforce , Jason Miller ,
