The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 11th of July, 2012 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says it’s unlikely that any of the 2012 appropriations bills will get passed before the November elections. The National Journal says Reid blames House Republicans for drafting appropriations bills under the overall spending cap agreed duringRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 10th of July, 2012 Buyouts are coming to Goddard Space Center. More than 100 employees will get offers this month. Most of them work in science and exploration. NASA said the buyouts were aimed at reshaping the workforce rather than trimming it. Federal News RadioRead… Read more »
Typically, we’d have the seven stories that impact your life, but… today, given many people weren’t really paying attention during the holiday week, I’ve pulled together the SEVEN stories that impact your life for the past week! A virus could knock thousands of internet users offline today. The Daily Beast reports, the FBI has liftedRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 26th of June, 2012 A small but determined group of postal workers are planning a hunger strike. The Washington Post says supporters will travel to the District to stage a four-day hunger strike to protest the Postal Service’s deteriorating finances and services and Congress’s failureRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 25th of June, 2012 A big deal to prevent sequestration cuts at the Pentagon is still elusive in Congress. But both sides do agree sequestration must be stopped. Politico reports, defense contractors are also threatening to issue hundreds of thousands of layoff notices right beforeRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 21st of June, 2012 The negotiations surrounding the transportation bill are improving. The Hill Newspaper says lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are more optimistic after the intervention by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Funding for federal transportation projectsRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 20th of June, 2012 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey is mapping out the sequestration cuts at the Defense Department. Dempsey says the automatic cuts would have to come from military operations, maintenance, training and modernization. Government Executivesays cuts to “overseas contingencyRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 19th of June, 2012 The federal workforce is shrinking. Federal Times says for the first time in five years the workforce declined by .5 percent. The Social Security Administration and IRS — which saw its staffs shrink 6 percent last year — warned Congress lastRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 18th of June, 2012 The Highway spending bill is running out of steam. The Hill Newspaper reports that negotiations between the House and Senate have stalled. Lawmakers have until June 30 to reach a deal on transportation spending before the current funding mechanism for roadRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 14th of June, 2012 Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins are warning against cutting the acquisition workforce. Collins told Federal News Radio, “If we don’t have a highly trained and experienced workforce we will lose some value in the negotiations on federal contracts.” Lieberman addedRead… Read more »