Rep. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told an audience of National Institutes of Health workers Friday in Bethesda, Md. that their agency could see 100,000 lost jobs from the agency and businesses that work
MoreThe White House is preparing to send its proposed fiscal year 2014 budget to Congress on March 25 with initial top line figures coming in the middle of the month, Defense News
More by Ross Wilkers
The Department of Homeland Security may have to furlough nearly 1,000 Secret Service personnel if sequestration cuts kick in March 1, the Washington Times reports. Sara Carter writes agents, officers and other
More by Ross Wilkers
The Energy Department is informing its employees that furloughs may be a possibility if the across-the-board cuts under sequestration start March 1, The Hill newspaper reports. Citing a Bloomberg BNA report, Zack
More by Ross Wilkers
The U.S. Air Force could opt to furlough nearly all of its 18,000 civilian workers if the automatic budget cuts under sequestration kick in on March 1, Federal Times reports. Citing a
More by Ross Wilkers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to the press at the Pentagon about what the 2014 budget proposal would look
MoreAutomatic defense cuts under sequestration would result in an $18 billion cut to the U.S. Army‘s budget for the current fiscal year, Defense News reports. The newspaper obtained an internal Army memo
More by Ross Wilkers
The Defense Department is facing a Friday deadline to submit to the White House its plans for how to handle automatic spending cuts under sequestration, Defense News reports. This deadline comes in
More by Ross Wilkers
The Defense Department is absorbing a $52 billion cut due to effects from both sequestration and a short-term continuing resolution, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. Army Gen.
More by Ross Wilkers
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter it is looking more likely that $45 billion in automatic defense cuts under sequestration will kick in March 1, he told Bloomberg News. The Defense Department‘s first
More by Ross Wilkers