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Sequestration Defies Rational Planning, Deputy Secretary Says
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 employees of impending job cuts, reports FCW, a sister publication of Defense Systems.
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Group Takes ‘Evidence-Based’ Approach to Reforming Military Compensation
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 volunteers, and one that they could also afford to pay.
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Tricare Would Not Be Safe From Budget Cuts
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 report says Congress would have to reprogram $3 billion from other Defense Department budget accounts to fully pay for military health care should the cuts occur.
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Study: DoD Sequestration Cuts Would Slam Federal Workforce, Delay Pain to Contractors
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 and consequently the broader economy if the cuts kick in as planned on Jan. 2. A new study finds that's not necessarily so, but that on the other hand, cuts to federal civilian employee payrolls would happen almost overnight.
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108,000 DoD Civilians Would Lose Jobs Under Sequestration
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.
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Automatic Budget Cuts Seen Driving Up Long-Term Weapons Costs
Automatic budget cuts due to take effect in January will drive up the cost of weapons systems and cut revenues for arms makers in the longer term, but the full brunt of the cuts will not be felt for several years, a top budget analyst said Friday.