These days, it may feel like there’s as much chance of landing a federal job as there is of winning the lottery. The federal job market has tightened and will continue to do so, but landing a government position is still easier than winning the lottery — especially if you use the Five P’s.

As you know, the president and the secretary of defense provided a new defense strategic guidance to focus our efforts in the beginning of the year.  The guidance was clear, very collaborative process -- you've been through that -- more than 10 years of fighting, two large- scale operations.  The Army clearly now is moving inside a frame of transition over the next five, six, seven years. 

If Congress doesn't stop $1 trillion in automatic budget reductions set to begin unrolling in January, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia will see such dramatic cutbacks that a statewide recession is likely, a public policy expert warned Monday night.