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Army's growth plans may not be enough, secretary says
November 19, 2008
The service is enlarging its active-duty force by 65,000 soldiers and its National Guard and Reserve units by another 9,000 troops, but more additions could be necessary if the current pace of operations continues.
Mullen says military can meet Obama's demands
November 18, 2008
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Defense is working to get troops quickly out of Iraq and into Afghanistan.
Top intel analyst said to be leaving post
November 18, 2008
Thomas Fingar has been the deputy director of national intelligence and chairman of the National Intelligence Council since May 2005.
| Mike Causey’s Federal Report | |
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Lame Duck Congress Checklist
Your 2009 federal pay raise, and the retiree COLA are safe and sound. But what about all those other pro-fed benefits Congress has been working on? The answer, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, is that they haven't been working very hard.
The Grass Is Rarely Greener
It turns out the grass isn't always greener on the other side, especially if you are outside and looking in to the federal health benefits program. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are some people happy to pay 100 percent of the premium.
Your 2009 Survival Kit
What are your odds of making it through next year without a financially catastrophic illness or accident in your family? Check out today's Federal Report for your 2009 Survival Kit.
| Steve Barr's Federal Diary | |
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Joe Davidson's Federal Diary
November 18, 2008
Michael Keller has worked on five continents during his 15 years in the foreign service. He's been in Germany, where the standard of living is pretty good, and the Central African Republic and Cambodia, where he could only hope that his three children suffered nothing more than bumps and bruises because of poor medical care.
Joe Davidson's Federal Diary
November 17, 2008
Joe Lieberman and Danny Davis are proven allies of federal workers and each chairs congressional panels affecting them.
Election Over, Workers Can Break Out the Campaign Buttons
November 13, 2008
The Hatch Act, which regulates the political activity of federal employees, isn't as restrictive as some workers think. It might surprise them that the law even allows wearing and displaying campaign items on the job -- as long as it's after the election.
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Rescuer Plans Retirement Ranch for Captive Wild Horses
November 18, 2008
Madeleine Pickens, the wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, who this week offered to rescue more than 30,000 wild horses kept in federal holding pens, said yesterday that she wants to create a permanent retirement ranch for the horses and burros that could be open to the public.
EPA Proposal Would Ease Clean-Air Rules for National Parks
November 18, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules that would make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas, even though half of the EPA's 10 regional administrators formally dissented from the...
As Investment Banking Keeps Changing, SEC Regulators Keep Moving
November 18, 2008
The usual bureaucratic response to adversity is to rearrange the deck chairs as the ship goes down. But the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose task had been to regulate the now-defunct -- okay, transformed -- investment banking industry has come up with a creative variant.
