SpaceX has taken a step forward in its efforts to conduct a third flight of its Starship rocket, Ars Technica reported on Wednesday. During a static fire test carried out in South Texas,
The US Chamber of Commerce plans to include energy development into the ongoing debate over how to avert the fiscal cliff, National Journal reports. Chamber President Tom Donohue said the debate is
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The Treasury Department is projecting an October deficit of $120 billion, up from the $98 billion over the prior year period, Reuters reports. Citing economic analysts, the report said the recent deficit
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Federal employee unions and other groups sent a letter Tuesday to the leaders of the House and Senate Financial Services committees calling for a reduction in the compensation cap for non-Defense Department
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The names of Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and former defense policy undersecretary Michele Flournoy are frequently floated as possible successors to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, should he choose to step down.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday Congress should not put off the hard decisions on the deficit, Reuters reports. Panetta told reporters during his flight to Australia a short-term deal would put
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Rep. Darrell Issa is remaining confident the lame duck Congress will approve proposed reform legislation of the U.S. Postal Service, a spokesman told GovExec. Some of Issa’s plans for the USPS include
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The search for a new CIA director has seen several names being floated as potential successors, the New York Times reports. Deputy Director Michael Morell has taken over as acting director and
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The Congressional Budget Office has released its projections of both short-term and long-term effects of the U.S. going off the fiscal cliff in January, Fierce Government reports. Along with Bush-era tax cuts
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Dr. Keith Littlefield serves as chief information officer at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Springfield, Va.-based mapping agency led by Letitia Long. Before joining NGA, Littlefield served as associate deputy director of
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) told ABC News Sunday one option Congress could take ahead of the fiscal cliff would be to let the Bush-era tax cuts expire across-the-board and then return to
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