The Defense Department has not made any decisions regarding furloughs of civilian employees as a response to budget cuts under sequestration, the Pentagon’s lead policy official has said. GovExec reports Kathleen Hicks, principal
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The Defense Department is laying off many of its 46,000 temporary and contract workers in an attempt to manage automatic budget cuts under sequestration, Reuters reports. Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter told Reuters
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Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, has informed flag officers and senior executives in a memo that the Navy would have to halt nearly all non-deployed operations if sequestration kicks in
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Effective Monday, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service is implementing a hiring freeze and reducing funds for travel, training and overtime in an attempt to handle potential sequestration cuts. According to Federal
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Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer and Acting Undersecretary Jamie Morin have ordered a hiring freeze on civilian workers and delay of some purchases ahead of sequestration, Defense News
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The U.S. Army would have to cut 30 percent of its operating costs for Army posts to help meet the cuts required under sequestration, USA Today reports. Tom Vanden Brook reports Army
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The National Institutes of Health would have to cut 6.4 percent from its budget if the sequestration mechanism triggers March 1, the agency’s director told Politico. Francis Collins, head of NIH since
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The Office of Management and Budget has directed agencies to start planning for several types of personnel actions, including furloughs and hiring freezes, if cuts under sequestration start on March 1. Federal
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Automatic across-the-board spending cuts under sequestration are near certain to happen, a Goldman Sachs economist said. According to Business Insider, Alec Phillips wrote in a note that the cuts are more likely
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