Pension reform can save money and improve fairness. Currently, those who serve for less than 20 years — 83 percent of those who join the military — get nothing, while…
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House Government Funding Bill Seeks to Soften Blow from Sequester
March 4, 2013 • In the News • Original: the Hill
Republican appropriators on Monday introduced a $984 billion government-funding bill that takes several steps to cushion the Pentagon and other agencies from the blow of $85 billion in sequester spending…
Sequestration Positions Cyber Command for a Fall
March 1, 2013 • In the News • Original: NextGov
By the end of April, the Pentagon will be devoting less attention and fewer staff to network security under spending cuts set for Friday, according to budget analysts. Mandatory, across-the-board…
Defense Can Handle Sequestration, Specialists Say
March 1, 2013 • In the News • Original: Government Executive
The Defense Department is to some extent crying wolf with its dire warnings about sequestration’s effect on military readiness because the dollars being cut will become part of an inevitable…
Hagel, Pentagon Announce Initial Spending Cuts
March 1, 2013 • In the News • Original: USA Today
Todd Harrison, from the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, cautioned Pentagon officials need to be careful with their dire rhetoric. “This is not going to make us a…