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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. Airline passenger planes are being reported on the same runway with other planes and vehicles hundreds of times more each year, the Transportation Department's inspector general warned. Above, a Continental Airlines jet rolls out to the runway at Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., in a file photo. Karen Bleier / AFP

    Planes on the same runway more often, watchdog warns

    Airline passenger planes are being reported on the same runway with other planes and vehicles — and sometimes narrowly avoiding collisions — hundreds of times more each year, the Transportation Department’s inspector general warned Thursday.

    • May. 13, 2013

  3. News Briefs: May 13, 2013

    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. 12, 2013

  4. 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
  5. A Border Patrol agent guards a suspect caught along the Rio Grande River in Texas. John Moore/Getty Images

    Federal employees focus on mission in face of adversity

    Federal Times invited readers to reflect on the state of public service and on what, if anything, should be done to improve it. Following are excerpts.

    • May. 6, 2013
  6. Passengers line up to a Transportation Security Administration officer at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Because of the sequester, TSA has cut employees' overtime hours. Natalie Behring / Getty Images

    Sequester hits home for federal employees

    Until last year, the Office of Personnel Management's program to process federal employee retirements was a sluggish, bureaucratic morass that left new retirees waiting six months to a year for their full pensions.

    • May. 6, 2013
  7. Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Zients steps down as OMB deputy director

    Jeff Zients has stepped down as the No. 2 official at the Office of Management and Budget. He had been OMB deputy director for management since June 2009 and served as the agency's acting chief since January 2012.

    • May. 3, 2013

  8. Government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week

    Federal, state and local government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year from May 5-11.

    • May. 3, 2013
  9. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel Gannett Government Media Corp

    Proposed funding for IT initiatives cut 9% in ’14

    The Obama administration is proposing a significant budget cut next year for information technology modernization and new initiatives, which include cloud computing and mobile technology programs.

    • Apr. 28, 2013
  10. With the Federal Aviation Administration attributing about 1,000 daily flight delays to air traffic controller furloughs, Congress rushed through a bill late last week to let the agency tap other funding sources to put employees back to work, but many observers see little chance of fully rolling back the sequester and the controversy is not going away. AFP

    A rush to soften impact of sequester

    With the Federal Aviation Administration attributing about 1,000 daily flight delays to air traffic controller furloughs, Congress rushed through a bill late last week to let the agency tap other funding sources to put employees back to work.

    • Apr. 28, 2013

  11. News Digest: April 29, 2013

    Nine hundred Housing and Urban Development Department employees may have to move or change jobs under a restructuring that will close 16 of 80 field offices by this fall.

    • Apr. 28, 2013
  12. Increasing delays are being reported as air traffic controllers are furloughed at airports across the country. AFP / Getty Images

    Delays stack up in airports: Start the blame game

    How much frustration will build up in the skies before politicians on the ground in Washington do something about flight delays?

    • Apr. 24, 2013
  13. JFK international airport in New York is among those expected to be hardest hit by delays related to the furloughing of air traffic controllers. JFK International Airport

    Fliers on watch for delays from FAA furloughs

    Air travelers were keeping a close eye on airport departure boards Monday, hoping to get a sense of whether the threat of crushing delays from sequester-related budget cuts is real or just political bluster.

    • Apr. 22, 2013

  14. IRS employees to get 5 to 7 furlough days

    IRS employees face between five and seven furlough days between May and September because of sequester-related budget cuts, according to an email from acting Commissioner Steve Miller.

    • Apr. 22, 2013

  15. News Briefs: April 22, 2013

    Federal judiciary leaders plan to seek more than $51 million in extra fiscal 2013 funding to offset the impact of sequester-related budget cuts on defender services, court security and other areas.

    • Apr. 21, 2013
  16. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on April 16. Win McNamee / Getty Images

    FAA expects less in savings from closing control towers

    The Federal Aviation Administration is scaling back the amount of savings it expects from closing 149 towers at small airports around the country.

    • Apr. 19, 2013
  17. Federal judiciary leaders plan to seek more than $51 million in extra fiscal 2013 funding to offset the impact of sequester-related budget cuts on defender services, court security and other areas. Getty Images

    Courts seek more than $51 million to counter sequester cuts

    Federal judiciary leaders plan to seek more than $51 million in extra fiscal 2013 funding to offset the impact of sequester-related budget cuts on defender services, court security and other areas.

    • Apr. 18, 2013
  18. The White House's 2014 budget proposes $2 billion for the Defense Department to decrease fuel use in its fleet and to make its vehicles more efficient and another $1.2 billion to reduce energy use at DoD installations. Above, a solar installation at Fort Bliss. File

    Obama budget includes $3.2B to reduce energy, fuel use

    The White House’s 2014 budget request proposes a multibillion-dollar Defense Department initiative to reduce energy and fuel use.

    • Apr. 17, 2013
  19. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel Thomas Brown / Staff

    Obama eyes $2B increase in IT budget

    The president’s budget proposes nearly $2 billion in additional information technology funding for 2014, which would raise overall IT spending to $82 billion.

    • Apr. 17, 2013
  20. A view of Seaside Heights, N.J., after it was pounded by Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to shut down most agency operations for four mandatory furlough days in July and August in response to sequester-related budget cuts, according to the agency's acting chief. AFP

    NOAA plans to shut down agency for 4 days

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to shut down most agency operations for four mandatory furlough days in July and August in response to sequester-related budget cuts, according to the agency’s acting chief.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
  21. President Obama's budget has drawn fire from a number of groups representing federal workers and retirees. AFP

    Obama budget calls for 1% raise, but higher pension contributions

    Commenting on how the White House’s proposed 2014 budget treats federal pay and benefits, William Dougan, head of the National Federation of Federal Employees, said: “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”

    • Apr. 15, 2013
  22. Defense Comptroller Robert Hale said the Defense Department will shed between 40,000 and 50,000 positions, about 5 to 6 percent of its total staffing levels, by the end of 2018. Chris Maddaloni / Staff file photo

    12,000 DoD civilian jobs to be axed

    The Defense Department would cut civilian staffs by about 12,200 in fiscal 2014 under the administration’s proposed budget, kicking off an expected five-year cycle of significant staffing cuts.

    • Apr. 14, 2013

  23. News Briefs: April 15, 2013

    Senior Office of Personnel Management officials steered no-bid consulting work to a prominent human relations expert, raising broader concerns about procurement practices in the agency’s human resources services division, according to a new report by the agency’s watchdog.

    • Apr. 14, 2013
  24. The Obama administration's 2014 Pentagon budget request ignores sequestration. Experts call it a purely political document. It's going nowhere, but that's the point. AFP

    2014 DoD budget a step toward ‘grand bargain’

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s 2014 Pentagon budget request ignores sequestration. Experts call it a purely political document. It’s going nowhere — and that’s the plan.

    • Apr. 13, 2013
  25. Government Printing Office employee Don Bowman feeds copies of President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget through a binding machine in Washington, D.C., on April 8. Thomas Brown / Federal Times

    The 2014 budget request: agency by agency

    Highlights of major agencies’ 2014 budget requests. Discretionary spending figures — from Office of Management and Budget budget summary tables — compare the 2014 budget requests with 2012 actual budgets, which more closely reflect agencies’ actual funding in 2013 under the continuing resolution than do the 2013 budget requests.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  26. Copies of the Obama Administration's proposed FY 2014 federal budget are on display before going on sale at the Government Printing Office Book Store on April 10 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Obama budget proposes hike in pension contributions for feds

    President Obama’s budget plan for 2014 proposes increasing the retirement contributions for federal employees hired before 2013 by 1.2 percentage points, phased in over three years, as part of his fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  27. 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

  28. Administration proposes 1.7% increase in IT spending

    The president’s 2014 budget would increase federal information technology spending by 1.7 percent, despite initiatives geared toward reducing IT spending.

    • Apr. 10, 2013

  29. 2014 budget proposal seeks $2.1 billion for construction projects

    The White House is seeking more than $2.1 billion in 2014 for new construction, renovations and property purchases for non-Defense agencies.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  30. 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

  31. News briefs: April 8, 2013

    More than 10,000 federal employees submitted retirement claims in March — more than twice as many as the government expected.

    • Apr. 7, 2013

  32. 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
  33. The White House next week is expected to propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees' future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget. AFP

    Obama to propose cuts in retirement benefits

    The White House on Wednesday will propose $35 billion in cuts to federal retirement benefits and reductions in retirees’ future pension increases as part of the fiscal 2014 budget.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. President Obama is expected to call for a 1 percent federal pay raise in his fiscal 2014 budget request, set for release next week. File

    Obama expected to propose 1% raise for 2014

    President Obama will likely call for a 1 percent federal pay raise in his fiscal 2014 budget request set for release next week, according to unions and other federal employee advocates.

    • Apr. 2, 2013

  37. Many furloughs will be rolled back

    The Defense Department and at least a handful of other agencies are rolling back or rethinking plans for civilian employee furloughs in the wake of a newly passed spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2013.

    • Mar. 31, 2013

  38. Forest Service braces for cuts

    Persistent drought and an infestation of tree-killing insects have left broad swaths of the country vulnerable to unusually fierce wildfires for the second straight year just as the U.S. Forest Service is dealing with cuts in its fire-fighting budget.

    • Mar. 26, 2013
  39. 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

  40. News Briefs: March 25, 2013

    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. 24, 2013
  41. NASA is facing about $300 million in additional cuts as part of the broad spending bill the House passed Thursday. File

    Sequester, spending bill chop NASA funding

    Congress sent a fiscal 2013 spending bill to President Obama on Thursday that will leave NASA with about $1.2 billion less this year than it received last year.

    • Mar. 22, 2013
  42. The 2013 spending bill sustains Customs and Border Protection staffing levels at more than 40,000 officers. Getty Images

    House approves 2013 spending bill, freezes feds' pay

    With House approval Thursday, a bill to keep the government running through the end of September now heads to the White House to be signed by President Obama.

    • Mar. 21, 2013

  43. Republicans chastise ICE chief for releasing immigrants from detention

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency scared Americans by releasing more than 2,200 illegal immigrants last month without any warning, Republican House members charged Tuesday.

    • Mar. 21, 2013

  44. Senate passes funding bill, shutdown threat dims

    The Senate approved Wednesday its version of a spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2013.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
  45. Michael Young, director of USDA's Office of Budget and Program Analysis, said the agency has limited authority to transfer up to 7 percent of money within an agency. Mike Morones/Federal Times

    USDA outlines furlough actions to lawmakers

    The Agriculture Department told lawmakers Tuesday that there is little it can do to avoid painful furloughs of food safety inspectors and other employees due to the sequester’s budget cuts.

    • Mar. 19, 2013
  46. National Park Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees are among those most dissatisfied with their workloads. GNS

    The most overstretched agencies, according to feds

    Minja Kamatovic has seen her workload swell as colleagues retire and their positions remain unfilled.

    • Mar. 18, 2013

  47. Sequester ensnares government watchdogs

    As lawmakers clamp down on federal spending, they aren’t sparing the government’s watchdogs.

    • Mar. 18, 2013

  48. Furlough strategies vary wildly

    More than half of the federal workforce is likely to be furloughed over the next six months as agencies grapple with the sequester’s devastating budget cuts.

    • Mar. 17, 2013

  49. News Briefs: March 18, 2013

    The 3 percent cut proposed in the Supreme Court’s $74.8 million budget request for 2014 is “unsustainable” over the long term and could force a decision to scale back its docket, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy said at a hearing last week.

    • Mar. 17, 2013

  50. CR could reduce furloughs, other cuts

    Congress is racing to pass a 2013 spending bill needed to avert a partial government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure expires next week.

    • Mar. 17, 2013
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