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Parker) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:48 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609p1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss As Open Season begins, choices are more limited than before as several plans leave the federal program or reduce their coverage. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609p1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43998 aparker@govexec.com (Alex M. Parker) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:52:17 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609ar1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss Legislation would codify permanent funding and require agencies to detail senior staff to run the boards. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609ar1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43996 arosenberg@govexec.com (Alyssa Rosenberg) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:26:21 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609e1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss A quota system for hiring or insourcing is not a good way to bolster the acquisition workforce, Jacques Gansler says. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609e1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43993 enewell@govexec.com (Elizabeth Newell) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:57 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609n1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss GAO finds $3 billion in cost overruns for IT projects, adding support for a Senate proposal requiring agencies to post reasons for cost overruns on major projects. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609n1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43999 gnagesh@govexec.com (Gautham Nagesh) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:27 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609kp1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss Key senators object to making the emergency response agency an independent entity. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609kp1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43991 kpeters@govexec.com (Katherine McIntire Peters) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:32:34 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609cdpm1.htm ?rss=getoday&oref=rss For the first time, the bill includes pre-approved appropriations for the VA's medical programs. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609cdpm1.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43994 webmaster@govexec.com (Humberto Sanchez, CongressDaily) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:38 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609cdpm2.htm ?rss=getoday&oref=rss Agency heads say they will work together to develop a comprehensive approach toward improving school meals and reducing child obesity. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609cdpm2.htm http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=43995 webmaster@govexec.com (Jerry Hagstrom, CongressDaily) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:54 GMT http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/110609ap1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss Army Maj. 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