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Sequestration is officially here, which means agencies have begun sending furlough notices to employees. What comes next? Stay up to date with Federal News Radio's Sequestration page.

Sequestration

Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D- Wash.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)

2014 budget battle lines drawn around federal pay, benefits

When it comes to the federal workforce, the competing House and Senate budget plans for fiscal year 2014 differ greatly in tone and style. But when it comes to making the federal government run more efficiently and finding cost- savings in federal operations, the two plans are more alike than you might think.

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left quotation marksIn the areas of size and scale, this clearly is one of those programs that was way too big. We need to chunk these IT systems into smaller capability sets so that we're delivering something and then adding to it, instead of trying to deliver the whole thing all at once.right quotation marks

-- Elizabeth McGrath
deputy chief management officer
Department of Defense

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The 360 Government Contracting Workshop

Monday, March 11th, 2013 - Friday, March 15th, 2013

Pentagon Technology Expo

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Monday, March 18th, 2013

The Washington Post Tech Select Career Expo

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Monday, March 18th, 2013

4th Annual Technology Summit

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Monday, March 18th, 2013

Electronic Warfare

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Military Behavioral Healthcare

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

OMG Technical Meeting

Monday, March 18th, 2013 - Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Washington Navy Yard Technology Expo

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

B2G - Size Matters - GovCon NETWORKING

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

TECHEXPO Top Secret- Baltimore, MD!

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Cyber Security Symposium

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

PRECISION STRIKE ANNUAL REVIEW (PSAR-13)

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Expeditionary Operations Symposium

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Advanced Capture Management

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

26th Annual FISSEA Expo

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Government Public or Private Cloud: FY 2013 You Can Do Both Symposium

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

APMP Presents: Dealing with Difficult People Undermining Your Business...

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Arista Networks Lunch Seminar

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Accelerating the Implementation of SOA and Open Source Technology

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Implementing Practical Security for Data Centers and Clouds

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Cybersecurity & Privacy Event

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Federal Data Centers: 2013 and Beyond

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

NMIA 2013: Military Intelligence at the Crossroads

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Changes and Equitable Adjustments in Government Contracts

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Veterans in Business Conference

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

FCW Executive Briefings- Cloud Computing: Transforming Federal IT Architectures

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Baltimore Federal Buildings

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Acquisition Excellence 2013

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Hot Ticket Insight Series

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

U.S. Dept of Commerce Technology Expo

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

FedBid Fuel Professional Development Discussion

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

3rd Annual Women Veteran Small Business Seminar

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Current & Future Military Data Links-Washington, DC

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 - Friday, March 22nd, 2013
    
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