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Biden offers rosy outlook in first quarterly stimulus report 05/13/09

Agencies have obligated $88 billion so far, but have paid out less than one third of that.

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• Acting Special Counsel says employee morale, productivity is high 05/13/09 Following years of scandals, the OSC is rebuilding and anxiously awaiting new leadership.
• Program Cuts, Agency-by-Agency 05/13/09 A list of federal programs that will lose some or all of their funding in fiscal 2010 if President Obama gets his way.

• From Nextgov.com: Navy awards nearly $500 million in task orders without competition 05/13/09 Acquisition staff also didn't always specify how a contractor's performance would be measured as required by procurement rules, report says.
• House panel to consider stand-alone TSA authorization bill 05/13/09 Legislation would be the first of its kind for any Homeland Security agency so far this Congress.

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  A State Department couple and the debate over federal benefits for same-sex partners of employees.
  Government Executive 5/1/09

• Lawmaker raises concerns over timing of budget cuts 05/13/09
• DHS chief pressed on immigration and border security 05/13/09
• Senator wants supplemental without aircraft add-ons 05/13/09

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• Pentagon worker charged with leaking to China 05/13/09
• Report recommends crackdown on excessive printing 05/12/09
• Officials recognize telework demands more than lip service to thrive 05/12/09
• IG: Energy needs to improve contractor oversight 05/12/09
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• Corrections 03/23/09
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"In the world of illegal immigration, ICE has to multitask."

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano during a Tuesday congressional hearing pointing out that agency employees not only have to pursue criminal illegal immigrants, but also build cases for prosecuting employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers.

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