President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, which allocates $633 billion in spending, The Hill newspaper reports. Jeremy Herb and Alicia Cohn write the bill
MoreFederal agencies were set to begin discussing how their employees would be affected by sequestration budget cuts scheduled to kick in Jan. 2, Federal Times reports. Citing union sources, Stephen Losey writes
MoreHouse and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a compromise version of a defense authorization act for fiscal year 2013, which Defense News reports allocates $631 billion in funding for the
MoreSen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has proposed removing provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act to eliminate language requiring the Defense to cut 5 percent of its civilian and contractor workers between fiscal
MoreDavid Wennergren serves as the Defense Department‘s assistant deputy chief management officer, where he promotes efforts to synchronize, integrate and optimize the department’s business operations. The 30-year government service veteran also serves
MorePresident Barack Obama met with congressional leaders over the weekend to discuss how the country can avoid the fiscal cliff, Reuters reports. The cliff is scheduled to kick in Jan. 2 through
MoreSen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said in a Sunday interview on CNNâs âState of the Unionâ that a compromise on averting the fiscal cliff is an uncertainty, The Hill newspaper reports. Lieberman said
MorePresident Barack Obama and congressional leaders agreed Friday to work on a framework for reforming the U.S. tax code and entitlement programs, Reuters reports. According to Richard Cowan’s report, this agreement came
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