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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.

• 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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• From Nextgov.com: Technology limitations hamper SEC enforcement efforts 05/08/09
• 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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