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webmaster@govexec.com (Megan Scully , CongressDaily) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:44:53 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/070209rb1.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss McKinsey & Co. concludes improvements to internal operations could yield as much as $134 billion in annual savings governmentwide. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0709/070209rb1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43091 rbrodsky@govexec.com (Robert Brodsky) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:30:24 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0609/062509cdpm2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss Defense bill amendment demanding the Obama administration produce an exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan fails. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0609/062509cdpm2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43035 webmaster@govexec.com (Megan Scully , CongressDaily) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:53:26 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0609/062209nj2.htm?rss=agencynews&oref=rss The administration hopes to forge relationships with lawmakers by seeding 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