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  • House passes bill proposing BRAC-like process for excess federal property
  • Congress approves long-term FAA authorization
  • Senators call on OMB to resolve pension delays
  • HHS financial management practices ‘unacceptable,' lawmakers say
  • Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year
  • When can agencies monitor your email? FDA case sparks debate over policy
  • Senators propose civilian pay freeze through 2014
  • McKeon on potential BRAC request: ‘Kill it'
  • Bill to fund federal transportation program unveiled in House
  • DoD seeks more BRAC rounds, sparking opposition
  • Bulk of IG office's staff likely to be laid off, reassigned
  • Senate extends stopgap funding for FAA
  • Rep. Ross' goal: Scrap defined benefit pensions for feds
  • Pentagon on track to meet 2017 deadline for full audit, experts say
  • House passes stop-gap funding bill for FAA
  • GSA launches courthouse project over lawmakers' objections
  • Senators seek to restore IG's budget days before RIF notices go out
  • Defense remains strong despite cuts, chiefs say
  • Obama defies GOP lawmakers with recess appointments
  • News briefs
  • GAO again finds shortcomings in government's financial reporting
  • Senate politics shut down some agencies
  • House leaders agree to pass short-term payroll tax cut extension
  • Congress makes deep cuts in construction budgets
  • Congress gives DoD green light on cyber attacks
  • Payroll tax cut, unemployment extension falls short in House
  • Spending bill extends ban on A-76 studies
  • Congress looks to wrap up budget bills
  • Contractor disclosure could survive under omnibus
  • Congress approves 2012 spending bill
  • Lawmaker: Congress reached budget deal to avoid shutdown
  • Congress broadens DoD contractor compensation caps
  • McKeon: Cut fed work force to avoid Defense cuts
  • Agencies notifying employees of possible shutdown
  • Lawmakers decry anti-fed measures in tax cut bill
  • Senators: Give airport screeners USERRA protections
  • Lawmakers likely to expand cap on contractor pay
  • Lieberman: Give deficit bills up-or-down vote
  • Postal Service puts facility closures on hold
  • New House Republican bill takes aim at fed pensions, pay
  • Delays to DHS headquarters add $500M
  • DoD authorization bill caps contractor salaries
  • GOP senators: Extend fed pay freeze to fund payroll tax cut
  • House approves workers' comp reforms
  • Senators seek answers on VA mental health waits
  • Spending bill passes — now the hard part
  • Failure to reach deficit deal could mean extended pay freeze, layoffs for feds
  • Obama signs 2012 budget bill to fund some agencies
  • Cuts loom as clock ticks for deficit deal
  • OPM: Problem of late pension payments getting worse
  • Congress strikes 2012 budget deal for some agencies
  • OPM to hire more staff to process pensions
  • Congress could approve FY12 funds for several agencies by next week
  • Senate passes bill to repeal contract withholding
  • Senate committee approves funding shift for postal buyouts
  • House committee approves bill to cut 10% of workforce by 2015
  • Despite ethics rules, Congress' travel junkets spike
  • Mass. senator calls for outsourcing USAJobs
  • Lawmakers debate: Can Defense spending create jobs?
  • House measure would repeal rule to withhold contract payments
  • CBO details spending cuts if no deficit deal is reached
  • FEMA aims to reduce erroneous aid payments
  • Issa proposes replacing FERS pensions with TSP-type plan
  • Levin says tax hikes needed to keep security spending in place
  • McCaskill vows action on wartime contracting waste
  • GAO avoids layoffs but may furlough employees
  • Senators seek data on DoD contracting with Alaska Native corporations
  • Lawmakers propose sharp cuts in federal pay, benefits
  • Bill would relocate Energy, FTC headquarters
  • Lawmakers call for cap on contractor compensation
  • GAO: No refund of overpaid pension money is owed to USPS
  • Work delayed on 2012 Defense budget
  • House passes CR to fund agencies through Nov. 18
  • Congress looks at ways to fix budget process
  • Individual work spaces shrink 20% or more
  • House approves bill to keep government running through Oct. 4
  • Senate passes CR to fund government until Nov. 18
  • Congressional stalemate puts federal disaster funds at risk
  • USPS rescue: What's in, what's out, what's next
  • Government shutdown looms amid partisan divide over CR
  • Republicans in Congress downplay shutdown talk
  • Board could take over Postal Service's finances under new bill
  • GAO considers layoffs in the face of likely budget cuts
  • Proposed CR gives USPS more time to make health care payment
  • Lawmakers press DoD for better bookkeeping
  • Lawmakers have better benefits than feds
  • Much data processed by hand, despite billions spent on IT
  • Obama plan would cut payroll tax, spend more on infrastructure
  • Continuing resolution needed to start FY2012, McKeon says
  • Senate panel aims cuts at Interior, Energy, Army Corps
  • Congress' quest for DoD budget info unanswered
  • Obama administration to propose Postal Service survival plan
  • GAO report calls on CG, FBI to improve maritime security
  • OMB lowers deficit projection for 2011 and beyond
  • Obama presses Congress to pass FAA bill
  • Commission: Up to $60B wasted, lost in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • GAO weighing field office closures and layoffs
  • GAO offers buyouts, early retirement
  • IBM files protest challenging VA's awards on IT contract
  • Deal struck to end FAA furlough
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