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SC sues federal government over voter ID law
CBS News
South Carolina is fighting back against the federal government for blocking its new voter ID law. The Palmetto state sued the Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday in Washington, DC federal court, seeking a declaratory judgment ...
APNewsBreak: South Carolina attorney general sues federal government for ...Washington Post
South Carolina sues Obama administration over voter ID lawChicago Tribune
South Carolina Voter ID Law Defended By State In Challenge To Justice DepartmentHuffington Post
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VA Violates Federal Law by Illegally Outsourcing Government Jobs, says AFGE
Sacramento Bee
The VA hires more veterans than any other federal agency except the Department of Defense. However, according to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the AFL-CIO union that represents over 205000 VA employees, the agency continues to ...

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7 Ways The U.S. Government Wastes Money
San Francisco Chronicle
You don't have to look very far to find the US government wasting money. It's everywhere. It's where you think it is and in places where you'd never even think of looking. The government's wasteful spending habits go way beyond the infamous "Bridge to ...




CBS Local

Federal government employees granted unscheduled leave, telework
Inside NoVA
The Office of Personnel Management announced federal government employees may use unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework Wednesday. Workers need to tell supervisors of their plans. The National Weather Service says the region will see anywhere from ...
Federal Government Operating Status: Option For Leave Or TeleworkCBS Local
Federal employees allowed to leave early due to snowWashington Post (blog)

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GSA Details Federal Cloud Security Program
InformationWeek
By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The General Services Administration on Tuesday released extensive new details on FedRAMP, the federal government's new standardized approach to vetting the security of cloud computing services, taking an important ...

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Heritage Foundation: Government dependence hits record
Politico
The annual Index of Dependence on Government — which the authors score based on how much money was spent on services that were not always traditionally offered by the federal government — found that government dependency jumped 8.1 percent in 2011.
Dependence on Government at All-Time HighHeritage.org (blog)
Dependency Index Surges 23% Under President ObamaInvestor's Business Daily
President Barack Obama: “The Dependency President”RedState
Waterbury Republican American (blog)
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Federal government takes aim at Georgia's immigration law
WGCL Atlanta
"Ultimately, the federal government has to be in the driver's seat when it comes to setting immigration policy and making immigration law." But legislators, like Representative Matt Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, who authored HB 87, said in previous ...
DOJ official says federal government hasn't ruled out suing Ga. over illegal ...The Republic
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL TONY WEST SPEAKS AT THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION ...The Cypress Times

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Roll Call (subscription)

Federal workers' union criticizes $260B House GOP transportation plan
The Hill (blog)
was approved Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But NTEU President Colleen Kelly said lawmakers should look somewhere other than the retirement plans of federal government employees to fund a new transportation bill.
House panel OKs raising federal employee pension contributionPensions & Investments
Lawmakers insert federal pension provisions in highway billNEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
Federal Workers May Soon Contribute More to PensionsRoll Call (subscription)

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House moves to sell unneeded government property, save taxpayers billions
Washington Post
Jeff Denham, R-Calif., “is to shrink the federal real property footprint and save billions of taxpayer dollars by selling what we don't need and better utilizing what we keep.” The federal government, he said “has a horrible track record of selling ...
House passes bill to create BRAC-like federal property board5:37 PM ETGovExec.com
Denham's bill to curb waste and save money hits House floor for voteMerced Sun-Star

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TheDigitel

Charleston port project gets funding infusion
MiamiHerald.com
No president gets everything requested in a budget, and Republican lawmakers will likely seek to block many of Obama's funding requests in an election year focused on federal spending and government debt. But Army Corps of Engineers projects are more ...
Federal government marks $4.2 million for study of a deeper Charleston port ...TheDigitel

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