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Darrell Issa to Introduce Updated Federal Spending Tracker Bill

Oversight and Government Reform committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa will be reintroducing a bill that calls for streamlining federal spending information with updates on open data ...
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Robert Mueller: $700M FY 2014 FBI Sequester to Cause Furloughs

Robert Mueller FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that budget cuts from sequestration would force the bureau to furlough employees in fiscal 2014, ...
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Ernest Moniz Unanimously Approved as Energy Secretary

Ernest Moniz The Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Ernest Moniz as the new energy secretary Thursday, Bloomberg reports. Jim ...
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OMB Vet Daniel Werfel Named IRS Acting Head

Daniel Werfel has been named acting head of the Internal Revenue Service to succeed Steven Miller, who recently resigned as a result of the scandal where the IRS targeted conservative ...
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Marilyn Tavenner Confirmed as Permanent CMS Head

Marilyn Tavenner The Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner in a 91-7 vote Wednesday as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, a role she has held on an acting basis since ...
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Acting IRS Head Steps Down After IG Finds Agency Targeted Some Political Groups

Steven Miller, acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner since November 2012, resigned Wednesday after a watchdog report outlined how the agency targeted some political advocacy ...
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Dan Tangherlini: GSA Seeks Efficiency Ideas From Crowd

Dan Tangherlini Acting General Service Administration chief Dan Tangherlini wants agency personnel to submit ideas intended to help make the GSA more efficient, GovExec reports. Eric ...
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Richard Nolan: NOAA Should Reprogram Funds Under Sequestration

Rep. Richard Nolan (D-Minn.) has written a letter to the Commerce Department asking it to not furlough the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s workers and reprogram ...
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FAA to Reprogram $253M, Keep Contract Towers Open

The Federal Aviation Administration will keep contract towers open as the recently-enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 allowed the agency to reprogram $253 million in funding ...
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House Debt Ceiling Bill Prioritizes Bond, Social Security Payments

The House passed legislation Thursday that will allow the government to borrow funds to pay bondholders and retirees if Congress does not raise the federal debt ceiling, Reuters reports. Rachelle ...