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Administration renews effort to dispose of excess property 05/08/09
Proposal would allow agencies to keep all money from the sale of unwanted property.
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- Personnel chief isn't waiting on Congress to begin hiring reforms 05/08/09 Many of the provisions in a bill to streamline the federal job application process can be accomplished administratively, OPM director tells lawmakers.
- Lawmakers begin to push back against proposed program cuts 05/08/09 Legislators agree with the reductions in general, but don't want to see programs that benefit their constituents eliminated.
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- Administration boosts funding to replace private debt collectors 05/08/09 Budget proposes an increase of $332 million for tax enforcement compliance program.
- Orszag: More must be done to evaluate programs 05/08/09 Budget chief says more data systems and protocols for statistical analyses are needed.
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- Appropriations panel approves fiscal 2009 war supplemental 05/08/09
- Obama spending plan for union monitoring office drawing fire 05/08/09
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- Poll finds Uncle Sam's popularity up among job seekers 05/07/09
- Administration short on details about program review process 05/07/09
- Senate approves weapons acquisition overhaul 05/07/09
- Pentagon details cuts in 'reform' budget 05/07/09
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"I think the reason why a lot of the past efforts have failed is that they've tried to do too much at once."
OPM Director John Berry telling a Senate panel on Thursday that he planned to focus on recruitment and streamlining the hiring and security clearance processes before tackling other issues.
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May 8, 2009 close | $12.86 | $12.68 | $10.85 | $13.26 | $14.84 |
Daily Change: | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.25 | $0.43 | $0.57 |
This Month (%) | 0.06 | 0.14 | 6.51 | 5.49 | 9.53 |
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May 8, 2009 close | $13.07 | $13.18 | $13.36 | $14.15 | $13.05 |
Daily Change: | $0.32 | $0.28 | $0.24 | $0.12 | $0.08 |
This Month (%) | 5.82 | 5.10 | 4.29 | 2.00 | 1.46 |
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