Nine senators are proposing a bill that aims to create incentives and accountability standards for auditing the Defense Department, Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va) office announced Thursday. Manchin, Tom Coburn (Okla.), Kelly Ayotte
MoreThe Senate rejected a cybersecurity bill Thursday and any cyber legislation will likely have to wait until 2013, The Hill newspaper reports. Ramsey Cox and Jennifer Martinez report the Cybersecurity Act, sponsored
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President Barack Obama intends to nominate Eric Fanning, currently deputy under secretary and deputy chief management officer at the Department of the Navy, to be the next under secretary of the Air
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The defense budget for fiscal year 2013 could result in cuts to weapons and vehicles procurement as well as furloughs and layoffs for civilian employees, the Pentagon’s number two official told a
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The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum to heads of federal departments and agencies on potential effects and procedures if sequestration occurs. Jeff Zients, acting OMB director, wrote in
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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and acting White House Budget Director Jeffrey Zients are scheduled to appear before a House committee Wednesday at a hearing on sequestration, Military Times reports. Rick Maze
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The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee recommends moving $5 billion from the Defense Department’s base budget into a separate spending bill for Afghanistan operations, Defense News reports. Kate Brannen reports the transfer would
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Congressional leaders have agreed to a six-month extension of funding for government agencies and discretionary spending through March 2013, Reuters reports. The current fiscal year ends Sept. 30 and the House and
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Federal law does not require federal contractors to notify employees of potential layoffs ahead of potential January budget cuts under sequestration, GovExec reports. Citing a Monday Labor Department notice, Tom Shoop reports
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