The Department of Homeland Security has reduced spending on noncompetitive contracts each year since fiscal year 2008, going from $3.5 billion in that year to $389 million in fiscal 2012, DHS’ inspector
MorePresident Barack Obama signed a widely-anticipated executive order Tuesday aimed at facilitating cybersecurity information sharing between the government and the private sector, Reuters reports. Obama announced the order in his State of
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In the event of a government shutdown, Senators Mark Udall and Jerry Moran say civilians who work for the Defense Department, contractors and soldiers should still be paid, according to a GovExec article. They are the sponsors of Bill
MoreCongress should form a new procurement model that pays contractors only when they achieve defined business results, former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis told a House committee Tuesday. The Washington Business Journal reports
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A study from the Aerospace Industries Association says sequestration cuts will lead to more than 22,000 job losses at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, GovExec reports. The study, conducted
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The Senate will keep proposed cuts to the Defense Department‘s contractor and civilian workforce in its version of the fiscal year 2013 defense bill. Federal News Radio reports the Senate voted 53-41
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The Federal Aviation Administration will select six sites in the U.S. for testing unmanned aerial systems as the agency seeks to integrate UAS into civilian airspace. Marjorie Censer of the Washington Post
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The White House is objecting to language in the Senate’s defense authorization bill calling on the Pentagon to cut 5 percent of its civilian and contractor workforce between 2013 and 2017, the
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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has proposed removing provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act to eliminate language requiring the Defense to cut 5 percent of its civilian and contractor workers between fiscal
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In an interview with Federal News Radio, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he thinks a deal to avert the fiscal cliff could start with tax rates higher then reform them lower. Warner
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