White House Press Secretary Jay Carney indicated Tuesday the president wants to eliminate the $500 billion automatic cut to defense spending under sequestration, Defense News reports. John Bennett writes Carney was not
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Frank Kendall, the Defense Department’s top acquisition official, confirmed the department has started planning for sequestration cuts scheduled to kick in Jan. 2, Defense News reports. Kendall made the announcement during his
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Nonprofit research and advocacy group OMB Watch said Friday the White House and federal agencies can postpone or minimize sequestration cuts and effects even if Congress does not make a deal during
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“Yes, it’s hard, but it also provides us opportunity,†a top Air Force official said of the across-the-board defense cuts that are set take place at the start of the new year,
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently discussed potential impacts of $500 billion in sequestration cuts with several CEOs and senior executives of major government contracting firms, including CACI International CEO Dan Allen. Defense
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The Defense Department may pay more for future contractor programs under a rule requiring the government to increase reimbursements to contractors for pensions, Federal Times reports. The rule, part of the 2006
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In mid-October, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the House Armed Services Committee he wanted the Pentagon to be ready for an audit by 2014, three years earlier than the deadline mandated by
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The Defense Department has not passed a financial audit in nearly two decades. A type of commitment rarely seen in previous years is required to pass an audit, DoD’s chief financial officer
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DoD Comptroller Robert Hale, Photo: defense.gov Defense News takes a hard look at why efforts to audit the Defense Department are so difficult. As reported last week, the Pentagon has a deadline
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ExecutiveGov’s round-up of news you need to read to stay up to speed on federal policy impacting the government-contracting community. Obama to Feds: Give Us Suggestions for Federal Reorg As the government
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