The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
Automatic across-the-board cuts under sequestration could result in about 5,000 contract workers losing their jobs and thousands of FBI employees being furloughed, the national intelligence director said Tuesday. James Clapper told the
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Nearly all employees at the Office of Management and Budget will be subject to 10 days of unpaid leave for the remainder of the current fiscal year under sequestration budget cuts, Politico
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The top two lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have proposed new legislation that would require the government build a single portal for handling Freedom of Information Act requests.
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The Defense Department can start putting its civilian workers on unpaid leave on April 26 unless Congress ends sequestration, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said Monday. American Forces Press Service reports civilian employees
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The State Department would assume all brokering responsibilities under a new export control system the Obama administration is working to develop, American Forces Press Service reports. Cheryl Pellerin writes senior administration officials
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The Labor Department has sent 4,700 of its employees furlough notices as a result of sequestration, Federal Times reports. Department spokesman told Federal Times the department expects affected employees to take about
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning to reserve seven working days between May and September for shutting down completely as it implements sequestration cuts, Federal Times reports. Stephen Losey
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The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team received more than 48,000 reports of hackers trying to attack federal government networks in 2012, the Government Accountability Office has found. Federal News Radio reports Greg
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The U.S. Air Force expects to cut $12 billion from its budget under sequestration at the same time it is facing a $1.8 billion shortfall for overseas contingency operations and a continuing
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Customs and Border Protection has started sending furlough notices to all of its 60,000 employees as the agency aims to make $754 million in cuts required under sequestration, GovExec reports. Furloughs will
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