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This morning on the Federal Drive:
  • Do you know where the best burrows are? We'll try to find out,
  • The GSA is looking at your carbon footprint. We'll ask them why,
  • And we take a look at the link between civil rights and small business with the NRC.
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    This afternoon on the Daily Debrief:
  • We'll talk with the SBA's Shawne McGibbon about federal changes affecting small business owners
  • We're also joined by the GAO's Lisa Shames, to discuss millions of dollars paid to ineligible farmers
  • Plus, FedSources Ruth Zein and Morgan Franklin's Andy Gabor discuss what M2M is and how it works
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    • Homeland successor advised not to reorganize

    The current homeland security secretary advised his successor Wednesday not to reorganize the young department or try to please everyone.
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    Oil tumbles below $44 a barrel, gas hits new low

    Oil tumbled below $44 a barrel Thursday and average gasoline prices slipped under $1.80 a gallon, both four year lows, as unemployment benefit claims hit a 26-year high and major companies announced more job cuts.
    Dec 4th - 1:15pm | Read More

    Brain-injured troops face unclear long-term risks

    Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like dementia, but it's impossible to predict how high those risks are, researchers say.
    Dec 4th - 12:27pm | Read More

    TIC services not available until February

    Federal agencies will have to wait until at least February to purchase secure Internet gateway services from the Networx contract.
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    The Federal Drive The Daily Debrief Transition Paying Less War Trauma Networx
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      Congressional analysts: Auto aid plan falls short
    • Sea Security
      Sea Security
      More problems for major post-9/11 security program
    • Hang It Up
      Hang It Up
      AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff

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    OPM in the hotseat over health care
    updated: Dec 4th - 4:53am
    Unhappiness about changes to a cherished benefit  Read more...


    Is it time for a HR change?
    updated: Dec 3rd - 4:27pm
    CHCOs believe yes it is  Read more...


    Mid-sized firms feeling squeezed in federal market
    updated: Dec 3rd - 3:03am
    Most evidence anecdotal as there is no way to define these firms  Read more...


    Acquisition workforce is in need of leadership, training
    updated: Dec 2nd - 3:36am
    Survey finds few areas have improved since 2006  Read more...


    The U.S. Capitol's new front door
    updated: Dec 2nd - 3:28am
    Years late, and overbudget, D.C.'s newest tourist attraction opens  Read more...


      

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    AP: US mulls unusual tactic in Blackwater case
    updated: 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
    Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being considered as the Justice Department readies indictments, people close to the case said.  Read more...


    Carmakers' bailout pleas hit Senate skepticism
    updated: 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
    Desperate U.S. automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as they appealed with rising urgency _ and a new dose of humility _ for a $34 billion bailout. Without help, said one senator, "we're looking at a death sentence."  Read more...


    Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach
    updated: Dec 4th - 9:14pm
    Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin. "He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday.  Read more...


    Obama's donor list asked to help pay Clinton debt
    updated: Dec 4th - 8:34pm
    President-elect Barack Obama's vast list of donors is being asked to donate to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she scrambles to reduce her massive campaign debt before she becomes secretary of state and federal ethics rule limit her fundraising, an Obama adviser said Thursday night.  Read more...


    For last time, Bush presides over tree lighting
    updated: Dec 4th - 8:06pm
    For the final time as president, George W. Bush led the countdown Thursday night to lighting the nearly 42-foot Christmas tree that overlooks the White House.  Read more...


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