The Labor Department proposed a new rule Thursday calling for contractors and subcontractors to raise their disability hiring, with a goal to make up 7 percent of their workforce. Federal contractors and
MoreThe Combined Federal Campaign, the annual charity drive targeted to federal employees, has one week left to go in its 50th anniversary season and a new commission says it should go beyond
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The Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012 passed Thursday by a 93-7 vote with a provision requiring contractors to monitor their supply chain. The amendment, sponsored by
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Guidance issued in October from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was intended to clarify and outline âinherently governmentalâ work set aside for federal employees. A Senate appropriations bill contains a provision
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Congress got one step closer Thursday toward repealing a 3 percent withholding tax on all government contracts as the Senate voted 95-0 to approve the measure. However, businesses will have to wait
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Congress may be closer to a rare moment of accord, as the Senate voted Monday evening to take up a bill that would repeal a requirement that governments withhold 3 percent of
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved legislation Thursday to reduce the federal workforce by attrition by 10 percent over the next three years. By a 23-14 vote, the panel approved
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