Topic: Kenneth Baer

White House budget staffers seek to join union

San Francisco Chronicle - 273 days ago
0 . Staffers at the White House budget office say they want to be represented by a labor union.. . About half of the career work force at the ...

What Would Happen if the Government Actually Shut Down?

Benzinga.com - 349 days ago
Posted on 03/02/11 at 12:19pm by Minyanville . By Justin Rohrlich. . The threatened government shutdown has been temporarily staved off, as the...

Finally! Obama lets aid flow for 9/11 ills study

NY Daily News - 473 days ago
President Obama has quietly forked over millions to study what's killing 9/11 responders - after refusing to pay up earlier this year.. . City...

Defense intelligence community to tighten belt

AP News - 551 days ago
Pentagon chief eyes trimming post-Sept. 11 intelligence spending as part of sweeping reviewThe defense intelligence community is combing its budgets to figure out where to cut 10 percent of its contractors as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' drive to reduce costs ...

U.S. deficit down in first half 2010: report

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 672 days ago
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit in the first half of fiscal 2010 is down 8 percent from the same period a year ago, the Washington Post reported on Monday.</p><p>Citing senior Obama administration officials, the ...

Eye on Congress: Earmark databases track pork barrel

Federal Computer Week - 917 days ago
A volunteer group has collected 17,500 earmark requests for a central database. Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget is preparing to expand its existing earmarks database to include similar information in time for the fiscal 2011 appropriations process.. com project ...