The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear EADS will challenge Boeing for the right to build 179 new refueling jets for the U.S. Air Force under a long-delayed $35 billion contract. Former partner Northrop Grumman dropped out earlier this year. The company says it will offer its KC-45 jet as a replacement for the aging tanker fleet. With the announcement, EADS becomes the only competitor for Boeing.
The Navy may be changing its name soon from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Identity Bill has 400 co-sponsors in the House. The bill was introduced by North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones is just seven votes shy of a 20-year record for most amount of co-sponsors on any House bill. The reason for the name change is to give the Marines Department level recognition. For over two centuries, the Marine Corps has fought side by side with the Navy but its name is not mentioned even in the letterhead of condolence letters sent to the parents of fallen Marines.
GSA recruits a new chief of staff from within. Michael Robertson will take on that role. Robertson currently serves as GSA’s associate administrator of governmentwide policy and chief acquisition officer. He’s also the White House Liason. Robertson will replace Danielle Germain, who resigned in January.
The Senate’s fiscal 2011 budget resolution might include a $4 billion dollar cut in discretionary spending below what the president has proposed. Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye tells Government Executive the reduction would affect programs at the State Department. The reduction would be on top of a White House proposal to freeze nonsecurity discretionary spending for three years.
The $2 Billion virtual border fence has been a “complete failure” according to some in Congress. But the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner says he is not sure if Homeland Security will cancel the SBInet contract.
Nearly 80 percent of agencies are at significant risk of improperly destroying records. A new report from the National Archives and Records Administration shows that nearly half are also mishandling E-mail records. The report says policies for managing records that are transferred or stored via e-mail are often either nonexistent or poorly communicated to employees, according to FederalTimes. NARA is working with Congress and the Office of management and Budget to improve agencies record keeping.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin says its first-quarter earnings fell 18 percent. The company says it was hit from a big charge due to the recent U.S. health care overhaul. Lockheed earned $547 million, or $1.45 per share, down from $666 million, or $1.68 per share a year ago. Revenue rose 3 percent to $10.64 billion from $10.37 billion.
Kalpen Modi has been working in the White House’s Office of Public Liaison and getting mugged in DC. Better known as Kal Penn, Modi played Kumar in the movie “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and had a recurring role on the Fox show “House”. He was robbed at gunpoint near his DC home early yesterday morning. Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, had previously announced he intends to return to his acting career later this year.
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