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Administration alters stimulus job counting formula
OMB instructs recipients to count any position funded with Recovery Act dollars as a job saved.
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From Nextgov: Education, IRS try to make filing student aid form less daunting
The Education Department plans to allow certain students applying for aid to instantly transfer their tax data from an IRS database to the Web version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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Head of Foreign Agricultural Service reassigned
Michael Michener had come under fire for focusing on Afghanistan projects at the expense of the agency’s traditional roles.
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EEOC proposes changes to federal discrimination complaint process
Rules include new requirements for agencies, authorize pilot programs.
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Senate language eases employee fears about OPM and health reform
Groups had recommended that federal employee plan be administered separately.
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Senate moves up final healthcare overhaul vote
Bill is on track for final passage Thursday.
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Defense measure aims to improve contractors’ handling of sexual assault cases
Amendment forbids the Pentagon from doing business with companies that prevent alleged assault victims from taking legal action.
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Change of Fortunes
The Democrats’ hold on the House and Senate appears a lot more tenuous than it did one year ago.
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Obama set to name cyber coordinator
White House confirms appointment of former Bush administration official Howard Schmidt, assures "regular access to the president."
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Senate vote sets up health overhaul passage
Democrats hope to get bill to Obama before State of the Union in late January.
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Agencies identify $19 billion in contract savings
OMB says plans show government is on track to meet President Obama’s mandate to cut $40 billion by fiscal 2011.
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Senate on track to approve health bill
Chamber is expected to hold a series of votes this week on the legislation, with final passage expected on Dec. 24.
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Senate sends Defense spending bill to Obama
Measure will be the last of the 12 annual appropriations bills to be enacted.
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Agriculture chief disputes USDA climate bill study
Vilsack says less cropland will be converted to forestland than report suggests.
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Senator backs settlement of Indian trust fund case
Suit charges that Interior mismanaged money owed to nearly 400,000 Indians from mining, grazing and drilling leases on tribal lands.
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Defense and State brace for surge in Afghanistan contracting
Officials assure lawmakers they have strategies to steer clear of the waste, fraud and abuse that plagued Iraq procurements.
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From Nextgov.com: GSA awards geospatial services agreements to four firms
$20 million blanket purchase agreement was awarded at the request of the Geospatial Line of Business, chaired by the Interior Department.
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Senate leader eyes key Monday vote on health bill
A favorable Congressional Budget Office score of a plan to allow OPM to negotiate rates with private insurers on behalf of a national plan would help lock down support.
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Lawmakers see danger in national debt
Senators say they will not support increase of the national debt limit beyond $12.3 trillion without a plan to create a debt-reduction panel.
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