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Sequestration Defies Rational Planning, Deputy Secretary Says

August 30, 2012 • In the News • Original: Defense Systems

With sequestration looming increasingly large on the horizon, defense and civilian agencies have received little or no guidance on cutting spending and key deadlines, such as the one about notifying…

Group Takes ‘Evidence-Based’ Approach to Reforming Military Compensation

August 30, 2012 • In the News • Original: Federal News Radio

As the Vietnam War and the draft drew to a close 40 years ago, military leaders were worried about how to create a military that was made up entirely of…

Tricare Would Not Be Safe From Budget Cuts

August 28, 2012 • In the News • Original: Army Times

Veterans’ health care funding may be exempt from automatic, across-the-board budget cuts that are due to begin in January, but military health care is not — and a new think-tank…

Study: DoD Sequestration Cuts Would Slam Federal Workforce, Delay Pain to Contractors

August 27, 2012 • In the News • Original: Federal News Radio

Large defense companies and industry associations have claimed that the threatened sequestration cuts to the federal budget would cause an immediate hit to the bottom lines of contractors, their workforces…

108,000 DoD Civilians Would Lose Jobs Under Sequestration

August 27, 2012 • In the News • Original: Federal Times

The Defense Department would be forced to cut 108,000 civilian employees from its work force next year if automatic budget cuts take effect Jan. 1, according to a new report….