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Battling back from a Gov’t PR nightmare and a New Tool makes Twitter easier to use


Battling back from a Gov’t PR nightmare and a New Tool makes Twitter easier to use by GovLoop Insights

On today’s program for Thursday April 26, 2012

Our ongoing coverage of the GSA conference scandal.
Those two dreaded words — Government Shutdown — might be back
  • Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee approved spending targets. Politico notes that those targets break with the Budget Control Act passed last summer. And it demands more than $27 billion of additional savings from non-defense programs. The 28-21 vote in the House Appropriations Committee sets up a long summer of political skirmishing, all leading to what could be another government shutdown fight Oct. 1 when a new fiscal year begins and the GOP must come to terms with the White House and Democratic Senate, Politico’s David Rogers says. Imagine — a government shutdown just weeks before the Presidential election.
Don’t miss the SEVEN government stories you need to KNOW for Thursday April 26th, 2012.
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