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Health reform tasks could overwhelm agencies,...

Posted on July 29, 2010
HHS, CMS and other departments must issue more than 40 health reform regulations, some of which will be complex and controversial. Source: Fedsmith.com Posted July 28, 2010. Washington – Federal employees responsible for drafting and enforcing health reform regulations have an enormous task ahead of them, according to Gail Wilensky, PhD, an economist and former director of the agency now known as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Telework bill could be near tipping point...

Posted on July 26, 2010
By Elizabeth Newell enewell@govexec.com July 23, 2010 GovExec.com   Now that legislation to expand telework in the federal government has passed both chambers of Congress, sponsors are working to reconcile the two bills and get a final product to President Obama’s desk. The Senate and House versions of the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act are similar, according to a House staffer. They are designed to expand telecommuting opportunities governmentwide by making employees presumptively eligible...
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Advisory board urges deep cuts in DoD’s...

Posted on July 26, 2010
By JOHN T. BENNETT | Last Updated: July 23, 2010 Source: Federaltimes.com   An influential Pentagon advisory board will recommend that Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates slash the civilian work force by more than 111,000 people and drastically pare the military’s combatant command structure as ways to save billions of dollars. The Defense Business Board task force also will urge Gates to initiate a hiring freeze for the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), all Joint Staff directorates...
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