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Energy conservation and saving taxpayer dollars are the goals of an Executive order to agencies signed by the President last October. But what are the special challenges of complying with that order for Executive Branch agencies? A Senate committee spent yesterday afternoon getting a progress report.

Tags: Management, energy conservation, Executive Order 13514, Senate Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Securrity S, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Tom Carper, Nancy Sutley, White House Council on Environmental Quality, Richard Kidd, Department of Energy, Dorothy Robyn, Department of Defense, Sam Pulcrano, USPS, President Obama, Max Cacas,

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Moran wins reprieve for DoD agencies; no BRAC move until 2014 at earliest

Sep 23rd 2009

A Northern Virginia lawmaker is successful in making the case to the Pentagon for a delay to give more than three dozen DoD agencies in Arlington County and the City of Alexandria two more years to make their move to new secure facilities under the BRAC process. Rep. Jim Moran (D.-Va.) says new buildings and infrastructure at Fort Belvoir simply aren't ready, and in the meantime, wants to ease the financial pressures on DoD landlords until the moves can happen.

Tags: Contracting, Management, DoD, BRAC, Jim Moran, Arlington County, Barbara Favola, DARPA, pentagon, Department of Defense, Fort Belvoir,

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Advisory group says Pentagon needs to improve lines of communication with industry

Jul 20th 2009

A Pentagon advisory panel is preparing a report suggesting that the Defense Department has some work to do to in improving communications with industrial firms that provide goods and services to the military.

Tags: Management, Defense Business Board, Denis Bovin, Department of Defense, pentagon,

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