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Carter Gains Senate Confirmation as Deputy Secretary

The Senate confirmed Ashton Carter by unanimous consent Friday to become DOD’s next deputy secretary. Carter, who has been the Pentagon’s undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, is expected to be sworn in shortly as the department’s second highest-ranked civilian official …

Air Force Offers Incentives to Trim Civilian Workforce

To cope with reduced funding in the coming fiscal year, the Air Force is offering civilian employees the opportunity to voluntary separate or take an early retirement. The decline in FY 2012 funding was prompted by the secretary of defense’s efficiency initiative that holds civilian manning at FY 2010 levels throughout DOD …

Fairfax County Critical of Army’s Building Plans at Belvoir

Fairfax County is expected to ask federal officials this week to postpone more than $1.3 billion in capital projects planned for Fort Belvoir through 2017. The 19 construction projects should be put off until officials address the impact of the population growth already occurring at the northern Virginia post due to BRAC …

House, Senate Battle over FY 2012 Stopgap Spending Bill Continues
- Congress/DoD, Headlines
- September 25, 2011
Congressional leaders’ plan to pass a continuing resolution to keep the federal government running for the first seven weeks of the new fiscal year hasn’t gone as smoothly as hoped, but with one more week remaining before the start of FY 2012 no one yet is predicting a faceoff that goes down to the eleventh hour …
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House Armed Services Raises Alarm over Consequences of Slashing DOD Budget
- Congress/DoD, Headlines, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- September 25, 2011
A new analysis by the House Armed Services Committee paints a bleak picture of the nation’s ability to defend its interests across the globe if automatic spending cuts are triggered by the failure of Congress to enact $1.2 trillion in savings before the end of the year. The analysis assumes a “worst case” scenario under which defense spending would be slashed by $1.0 trillion through fiscal year 2021 …
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DOD to Save $3.4M by Returning German Facilities
- Congress/DoD, Headlines
- September 22, 2011
The Department of Defense said Thursday it will return several facilities to the German government, saving an estimated $3.4 million. The closures are part of U.S. European Command’s ongoing effort to remove non-enduring sites from its real property inventory …
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