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3/13/11 - Warm Wednesday Stuff

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GE cutting work on alternate JSF engine (Maybe GE Should use some of that tax benefit they got to fund this!!)

CINCINNATI - GE Aviation said on Tuesday it is cutting back development of its competitive engine for the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet after the engine's funding was cut from the...
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/a ... on-041211/

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Obama thanks federal employees for 'patience and professionalism' during government shutdown drama

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fed ... _blog.html

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Managing for Savings

Agencies have economized by as much as 30 percent in their budgets by implementing
program management best practices.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0411/041311mm.htm

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What's in the spending bill?

Labor, health, and education programs were cut by $5.5 billion; Defense got a raise.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?a ... dcn=e_gvet

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House Unveils Details of 2011 Budget Deal

While defense spending is left relatively untouched in the last-minute budget deal reached April 8,
the funding provided does not meet Defense Secretary Robert Gates' stated target of $540 billion for 2011
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6214351

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Spending cuts bill nicks defense dollars, slashes foreign aid

WASHINGTON - Tea partyers insistent on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to
like in the spending deal struck by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal

In the end, a handful of relatively small-bore line items affecting particular industries attracted
some of the most aggressive lobbying behind the scenes in the budget battle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/po ... l?emc=eta1

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Republicans Scramble for Votes to Pass Budget Bill

Some Republicans think cuts made in the budget deal do not go far enough to curtail spending.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/po ... l?emc=eta1

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Re-engineering of Medicare to Raise Tough Questions

The debate over Medicare, which President Obama may address in a speech on Wednesday,
is no longer whether or not to restructure the program, but rather how to do it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/po ... l?emc=eta1

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Obama risks losing liberals with talk of cutting budget

President Obama faces a growing rebellion on the left as he courts independent voters and Republicans with
his vision for reducing the nation's debt by cutting government spending and restraining the costs of federal
health insurance programs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ltoafriend

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Budget deal threatens government cloud security clearances

A program aimed at curbing federal information technology costs by expediting security certifications for shared, so-called clouds might be a victim of the latest round of budget cuts, technology officials familiar
with funding conversations said.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110 ... ne=NGtoday
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