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  1. A Forest Service firefighter walks on a fire break line as the 2009 Station Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest in California. Kevork Djansezian//Getty Images

    As wildfire season looms, sequester cuts firefighters

    The sequester will cost the Forest Service about 500 firefighters and 50 fire engines this year, even as the agency expects another rough season of drought-fueled wildfires.

    • May. 13, 2013
  2. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he doubts a fiscal deal can be struck — or even a framework secured — before Congress' late-summer break. Saul Loeb / AFP

    Senators: Sequester-avoiding deal not likely before Aug. recess

    The onetime target of early August for passing sweeping fiscal legislation is slowly being replaced by a consensus that striking a 'grand bargain' could prove difficult.

    • May. 13, 2013

  3. Obama directs agencies to make more data public

    Agencies are under more pressure to release government data to the public and ensure it is packaged in formats that promote widespread use and dissemination.

    • May. 9, 2013

  4. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations

    Citing sequester and budget challenges, the arm of the Defense Department overseeing security clearances for contractors is cutting how much time people have to request so-called periodic reinvestigations.

    • May. 7, 2013

  5. Annual DoD report claims steady Chinese military expansion

    China continues to rapidly modernize and expand its military and has deployed an anti-ship missile that could attack vessels more than 1,500 kilometers away, according to a new Pentagon report.

    • May. 7, 2013

  6. Bill adds federal hiring preference for fathers of disabled vets

    Fathers would be treated the same as mothers when it comes to receiving federal hiring preferences if they have a child who is a totally disabled veteran, under a bill introduced May 6.

    • May. 7, 2013

  7. DoD halts shifting war money into base budget

    For years, the Pentagon has been working to move funding from temporary war spending accounts into the base budget, particularly for brick-and-mortar efforts that were borne out of a decade of counterinsurgency fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq — and will

    • May. 7, 2013
  8. A field of solar collectors belonging to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard is seen in Swanton, Ohio. Master Sgt. Beth Holliker/U.S. Air Force

    Army to spur renewable energy with $7 billion contract

    Five companies have prequalified to build and maintain geothermal energy projects for the Defense Department, under the first phase of a $7 billion Army contract.

    • May. 6, 2013
  9. A KBR employee serves a Thanksgiving dinner at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Sgt. Sean Simmons//Army

    KBR vs. Army: On largest services contract, 'things have gotten very nasty'

    Army contracting officer Robert Egan gave contractor KBR Inc. a rare ultimatum: Provide a firm, fixed price on remaining work to close out the largest government services contract in U.S. history. Or else, he added, he was finished talking.

    • May. 5, 2013
  10. President Obama announces Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, left, as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation during an April 29 news conference at the White House. Win McNamee /Getty Images

    Obama taps Charlotte mayor to head Transportation

    President Obama announced Monday his choice of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next Transportation secretary, heralding the young mayor for revitalizing his city with critical investments in its transportation infrastructure.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  11. NASA has been ranked the most innovative large agency for three consecutive years in an analysis by the Partnership for Public Service. Pictured: NASA employees celebrate as the first pictures appear on screen after a successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 5. Brian van der Brug/Getty Images, pool

    Feds feel less empowered to innovate, survey finds

    Most federal employees look for ways to be innovative and do their jobs better, but an increasing number of feds don't feel empowered to do that, according to a new analysis by the Partnership for Public Service.

    • Apr. 29, 2013
  12. Defense Secreary Chuck Hagel said last week that DoD officials were “probably a couple of weeks away” from making a final decision on the number of furlough days that will be needed. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Lawmakers press DoD to avoid furloughs

    The Defense Department should rethink its plans for furloughs and other cutbacks to its civilian workforce, a bipartisan group of 126 House members said in a letter Tuesday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

    • Apr. 24, 2013

  13. Navy: Powder found in NSF Arlington mailroom not toxic

    Tests on a white, powdery substance found Thursday morning in the mailroom of a Navy facility in Arlington, Va., revealed it was not dangerous, according to a Navy official, and the 800 people previously evacuated were allowed to return to work.

    • Apr. 18, 2013

  14. RIFs authorized at 60 AF installations; layoffs possible

    The Air Force may have to lay off some employees to help meet its fiscal 2012 budget cut targets.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  15. Contractor pleads guilty in bribery, bid-rigging case

    A northern Virginia technology contracting firm and its former president pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington to bribery charges in what prosecutors call the largest bid rigging scam in federal contracting history.

    • Apr. 11, 2013
  16. The Defense Department is planning to cut its civilian workforce by about 5 to 6 percent - between 40,000 and 50,000 positions, by the end of 2018, Defense Comptroller Robert Hale said Wednesday. Molly A. Burgess / U.S. Navy

    DoD planning 40K-50K civilian job cuts over next 5 years

    The Defense Department is planning to cut its civilian workforce by about 5 to 6 percent — between 40,000 and 50,000 positions — by the end of 2018, Defense Comptroller Robert Hale said Wednesday.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  17. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies March 12 before a Senate committee in Washington, D.C. Jewel Samad / AFP via Getty Images

    Intel-wide pay for performance is dead, DNI says

    Dismantling the intelligence community’s first large-scale experiment with pay-for-performance cost the government $60 million, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said, and he has no interest in giving it another shot.

    • Apr. 9, 2013
  18. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has targeted three areas for cuts: acquisition, personnel and overhead. Those areas have received more attention of late, particularly as the Pentagon's budget faces a $500 billion cut from planned levels over the next decade. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Hagel: ‘Everything on the table’

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call last week to overhaul the military structure focused on three primary Pentagon cost drivers: acquisition, personnel and overhead.

    • Apr. 8, 2013
  19. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the intelligence community may have to furlough employees, though no decision has been made. Intelligence officials are still studying the continuing resolution Congress passed last month to see whether furloughs are necessary Karen Bleier / AFP via Getty Images

    Sequester will weaken intel capabilities, Clapper says

    The nation’s top spymaster fears sequester budget cuts could have an “insidious” effect on the nation’s intelligence collecting and processing.

    • Apr. 8, 2013
  20. The Army announced the start of a new solar project at Fort Bliss, Texas. The new facility at Fort Bliss will provide 20-megawatts of power. Pictured here, a photovoltaic solar facility provides power to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. U.S. Army

    Fort Bliss signs $120M agreement for DoD’s largest solar project

    The Army is moving ahead with plans to build a 20-megawatt solar field at Fort Bliss, Texas, which it says is the largest solar project in the Defense Department.

    • Apr. 8, 2013

  21. Expert: DoD should plan for large employee downsizing

    The Defense Department should immediately begin planning for civilian employee layoffs in preparation for a long-term spending squeeze, a defense analyst said Friday.

    • Apr. 6, 2013
  22. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks April 3 at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Hagel Calls for Major Overhaul of U.S. Military Structure

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called for a sweeping overhaul of the military structure, similar to major organizational changes made under the 1980s Goldwater-Nichols Act.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  23. A 2011 audit found that Boeing was billing the Army almost $1,700 for a dime-sized Chinook helicopter part on sale from DLA for about $8. Boeing

    DoD still swamped by excess parts

    For almost a quarter-century, the Government Accountability Office has said the military’s management of equipment and parts stockpiles is one of the government programs most vulnerable to waste, fraud and mismanagement.

    • Apr. 3, 2013
  24. The Defense Department will consider layoffs and other long-term downsizing options if Congress doesn't undo plans for sequesters in 2014 and beyond, according to Comptroller Robert Hale. Defense Department

    DoD will consider layoffs if sequester continues beyond this year

    The Defense Department will consider layoffs and other long-term downsizing options if Congress doesn’t undo plans for sequesters in 2014 and beyond, according to Comptroller Robert Hale.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  25. DoD contracting official charged with bribery

    Federal prosecutors have charged a Defense Department contracting official in California, who purportedly referred to himself as “the Godfather” at Camp Pendelton, with bribery following an undercover sting.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  26. Hagel to surrender part of salary in recognition of civilian furloughs

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to give up a portion of his salary in a sign of solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who are expected to be furloughed four work days later this year.

    • Apr. 2, 2013
  27. The Alexandria, Va., home of Kerry Khan, an ex-Army Corps of Engineers contracting official whom prosecutors call the mastermind of the biggest bid-rigging scheme in government history. Thomas Brown / Staff

    How a contracting official scammed more than $30M

    Until recently, Army Corps of Engineers program manager Kerry Khan had millions of dollars, mistresses in three states and a taste for high-end cars and liquor, according to court records.

    • Apr. 1, 2013
  28. The Army is also closing 48 facilities in Mannheim, Darmstadt and Heidelberg, above, and consolidating those assets into Wiesbaden, which U.S. Army Europe headquarters now calls home. Army

    Civilian employees on the move as Army closes facilities in Europe

    The Army is dramatically shrinking its footprint in Europe, moving as many as 10,000 soldiers and up to 25,000 dependents back to the U.S. and shuttering billions of dollars in facilities as part of a major overhaul of forces.

    • Mar. 29, 2013
  29. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is grappling with $46 billion in sequester-related cuts for fiscal 2013. Win McNamee / Getty Images

    DoD reduces civilian furloughs to 14 days through September

    Defense Department civilian employees will be furloughed 14 days through September, down from 22 days, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Thursday.

    • Mar. 28, 2013
  30. An investigator combs through a drug tunnel found in a warehouse Nov. 30, 2011, in Otay Mesa, Calif. The tunnel, which led from the United States to a small business building in Tijuana, was the most sophisticated tunnel ever found in California and included an elevator, wood flooring and lighting. Sandy Huffaker/ Getty Images

    DHS tries to find tunnels below the surface

    The surface of the earth has been mapped and mastered, with lidar, photography, infrared and other now-familiar systems, on satellites, manned aircraft and drones. Thermal imagers can even penetrate thin layers of soil. But go just a bit deeper, and you reach one of the last frontiers of ISR. How do you see into solid ground, below the roads, the rocks and the desert sand?

    • Mar. 26, 2013
  31. The White House last week quietly unveiled details of President Obama's plan to further shrink the federal deficit by $1.8 trillion. AFP

    GOP shows openness to Obama budget plan

    Key congressional Republicans are calling a comprehensive White House deficit-reduction plan a solid first step toward striking the kind of bipartisan deal that would substantially lessen defense spending cuts.

    • Mar. 25, 2013

  32. New charges filed in bid-rigging case

    A once-prominent Northern Virginia technology contractor is facing bribery charges accusing the firm of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks for contract work and using bogus references to gain entry into a government set-aside program — the latest development in the largest bid-rigging case in U.S. history.

    • Mar. 25, 2013
  33. The Defense Department is considering measures such as hiring freezes, layoffs and furloughs in the likelihood of severe budget cuts this year. Defense Department

    With CR passed, Pentagon mulls fewer furloughs

    The Pentagon is delaying furlough notices to nearly 800,000 employees for two weeks while it considers how the newly passed continuing resolution will affect its planned sequester budget cuts.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  34. The Air Force avoided about $1.5 billion in increased fuel costs by reducing its energy use, Jamie Morin said. It also is suspending energy-efficiency upgrades as it deals with sequestration. Above are Air Force F-16s. Capt. Natassia Cherne / Air Force

    Air Force scuttles energy-efficiency upgrades due to sequester

    The Air Force has cut its budget for energy-efficiency upgrades by 90 percent because of the sequester.

    • Mar. 21, 2013

  35. IGs: Pending recommendations loaded with billions in savings

    The Defense and the Homeland Security departments could save almost $5 billion by following through on management fixes recommended by their inspectors general, according to testimony at a Tuesday congressional hearing.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
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