The Defense Department has submitted a draft budget plan to President Obama that includes the $450 billion in cuts required from the debt ceiling compromise, according to Bloomberg. It does not include the additional $600 billion cuts by sequestration that are mandated by the supercommittee’s failure to reach an agreement on a deficit reduction proposal, [...]

Winter weather is surely coming and just before it, the Office of Personnel Management, in an effort to avoid similar happenings of the January snowstorm that trapped commuters, has put out its updated Washington Area Dismissal and Closure Procedures. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry said in a video accompanying the procedure release that they [...]

The implementation of technology has recently been viewed by the government as a definite way to cut spending. In most instances, it has proven to be efficient. However, as the Department of Veterans Affairs is concerned, eliminating technology may be the answer to cutting costs. In the firing line is personal use desktop printers, according [...]

Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, is submitting his resignation to the White House with plans to retire, according to the Washington Post. He told the Post that after 41 years of service to four federal agencies he plans to move to Florida with his wife and work part-time on a [...]

The Department of Veterans Affairs‘ $5.7 billion-mental healthcare budget may be audited upon a Senate committee request after a recent testimony claiming that the department was not providing adequate care, according to a Washington Post report. Wilmington VA Medical Center‘s director of post-traumatic stress disorder services, Michelle Washington, recently testified on behalf of the American Federation of [...]

A recent memo from President Obama asking for federal agencies to improve archiving processes of digital records such as e-mail and social media begs the question of how this can be done, according to a Federal News Radio report. While the president asked agencies to improve archiving methods with measures such as being more detailed [...]