BRAC Updates
- May 17, 2012
- Battle over Deficit Likely to Extend into Next Year
As the prospects dwindle for Congress to strike a major deficit reduction deal to undo the budget sequester before it is slated to begin next January, talk has turned to the possibility of postponing the government-wide automatic spending cuts for several months as the only realistic way to avoid a grave shock to the military and the economy as a whole.
- May 16, 2012
- You can spell success with Five P’s
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.
- May 16, 2012
- DOD News Briefing with Gen. Odierno from the Pentagon
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.
- May 15, 2012
- Defense cuts would cripple Va. economy, leaders warn
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.
- May 13, 2012
- HASC Rep Vows BRAC is Dead
A top House Armed Services Committee Republican vowed Saturday that he and the rest of Congress would see to it that the Pentagon will not get its request to restart the Base Realignment And Closure progress.
