Fed Employees Required to Buy Insurance Through Health Exchanges Under New Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee has proposed legislation seeking to require all federal employees to apply for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act-mandated insurance ...
Howard Shelanski Nominated as White House Regulatory Head
Howard Shelanski, the Federal Trade Commission‘s Bureau of Economics director, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the Office of Information and Regulatory ...
President’s Budget Would Lessen Impact of Sequester on Defense Spending
President Barack Obama is seeking $100 billion in cuts to the defense budget over the next decade, down from $500 billion that were originally required under sequestration.
Under the ...
NIST and Industry Begin Dialogue on Cybersecurity Standards
Representatives from critical infrastructure providers and employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, spoke at an event at the Department of Commerce in Washington, ...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to Take Pay Cut During Furlough Period
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will take a pay cut during the upcoming furlough as a “show of solidarity with civilians,” according to a Gov Exec article.
Pentagon Press ...
ExecutiveGov Covers the Appointments and Departures of White House Cabinet Members
ExecutiveGov always has its focus set on the leaders who are driving policy at the intersection of the private and public sectors.
As part of that theme, the government website reports ...
President Obama Arrives in Israel for Middle East Visit
President Barack Obama has arrived in Israel for his first visit as Commander-in-Chief and will go to numerous sites in the Jewish state as he tries to reassure its leadership of U.S. ...
Presidential Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to Expire This Week
With unemployment at 7.8 percent, the Obama Administration has decided to let the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness expire, according to an Associated Press article.
The White ...
Panetta to Host Hamid Karzai and Ehud Barak at Pentagon; George Little Comments
Karzai and Panetta
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Afghan President Hamid Karzai separately at the Pentagon, according ...
Mitch McConnell Says Republicans Finished with Tax Issue, Want Deep Spending Cuts
Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” that Republicans will focus on spending cuts following the budget negotiations ...
