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August 17, 2004
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In this issue:
* Troop realignment could cut Defense civilian jobs
* OPM issues emergency personnel regulations after hurricane hits Florida
* Federal spending benefits capital region, report finds
* 9/11 commissioners cite continued gaps in transportation security
* Panel ponders mechanics of naming Intelligence Director
* Democrats should focus more on intelligence reform, legislator says
* Today's column: On Politics
* The Earlybird: Today's headlines
* Quote of the day
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1. Troop realignment could cut Defense civilian jobs
By George Cahlink
Hundreds of Defense Department civilian jobs overseas likely will be eliminated as
part of the Pentagon's plans to bring tens of thousands of troops back to the United
States within the next decade.
"There probably will be some reductions in the numbers of civilians and contractors on
the payroll by virtue of the fact that you will be closing or removing U.S. force
structure from up to half, arguably, of the installations where we currently have
force structure," a senior Defense Department official told reporters at a briefing on
Monday. The official spoke only on the condition that he not be identified.
Earlier in the day, President Bush announced long-anticipated plans for the largest
realignment of forces since the end of the Cold War. He said as many as 70,000 troops
would be removed from Europe or Asia and returned mainly to the United States. The
size of the military will not change, however, only its location, Defense officials
stressed.
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2. OPM issues emergency personnel regulations after hurricane hits Florida
By David McGlinchey
The Office of Personnel Management last week issued a series of regulations to help
federal agencies respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Charley and hire emergency
personnel who are needed in recovery efforts.
At the same time, a federal workers' aid organization established a fund to help
employees who were affected by the heavy rain and high winds, and the IRS has extended
payment deadlines for certain taxpayers in hard-hit counties. Hurricane Charley struck
Florida late last week, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing at least 17
people.
The regulations were issued Friday in a memorandum to chief human capital officers and
human resource directors and were intended to grant agencies flexibility in hiring and
leave. OPM also lifted restrictions on biweekly pay limitations for employees
performing emergency overtime work. OPM Director Kay Coles James "strongly encouraged"
managers to excuse federal employees who are called to help with recovery efforts and
employees who were personally affected by the hurricane.
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3. Federal spending benefits capital region, report finds
By Amelia Gruber
Federal agencies are purchasing increasing percentages of services from capital
region companies, boosting the local economy, according to a study published Monday by
a George Mason University professor.
In fiscal 2003, the most recent year for which data are available, the government
spent $42.2 billion in Washington and surrounding suburbs, representing 15 percent of
the total prime contract dollars awarded, according to a report by Stephen Fuller,
director of the Center of Regional Analysis at George Mason University's School of
Public Policy. This marks an increase of $6.1 billion, or nearly 17 percent, over
fiscal 2002, when the capital region garnered 36.1 percent of contract dollars.
Federal contracts awarded to companies in or near Washington supported 294,000
regional jobs and spurred 42,500 new jobs, according to the report. Fuller's research
is based on statistics from the federal Procurement Data Center, a central repository
of contract information housed at the General Services Administration.
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4. 9/11 commissioners cite continued gaps in transportation security
By Chris Strohm
The leadership of the 9/11 commission on Monday urged the Homeland Security
Department to produce a comprehensive plan for infrastructure protection and to take
over management and enforcement of lists that prevent certain people from flying on
commercial airplanes.
Next month marks the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but the
federal government still lacks a strategic plan that identifies vulnerabilities in
transportation sectors and prioritizes how to best spend billions of dollars, 9/11
Chairman Thomas Kean and Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton told the Senate Commerce, Science
and Transportation Committee. They called on Congress to force the Transportation
Security Administration within DHS to develop the plan.
"Despite congressional deadlines, TSA has developed neither an integrated strategic
plan for the transportation sector nor specific plans for the various modes," Hamilton
said. "Without such plans, neither the public nor Congress can be assured we are
identifying the highest priority dangers and allocating resources to the most
effective security measures."
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5. Panel ponders mechanics of naming Intelligence Director
By Danielle Belopotosky, National Journal's Technology Daily
Members of Congress on Monday debated the feasibility of creating a post for a
national intelligence director, as recommended by the commission that investigated the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
While criticism of intelligence failures triggered the proposal for the office,
critical questions have emerged about how to implement a reorganization. "We want to
create a position with real, not just symbolic, authority," Sen. Susan Collins, R-
Maine, said at a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.
As proposed by the commission, the new director would serve as an adviser who oversees
domestic and foreign intelligence. The director could hire and fire intelligence
personnel and control the $40 billion intelligence budget.
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6. Democrats should focus more on intelligence reform, legislator says
By Mike Nartker, Global Security Newswire
Senate Democrats should focus more on the broader issue of intelligence reform and
less on opposing the confirmation of Representative Porter Goss, R-Fla., as the new
CIA director, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel said Sunday.
"I think that to get stuck in a fight about Porter Goss, after tough questions have
been answered by Porter Goss, is not where we ought to be this fall. We ought to be
implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 commission," Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.,
said on NBC's Meet the Press.
President Bush last week publicly announced his choice of Goss, who previously chaired
the House Intelligence Committee, to head the CIA. Many Senate Democrats afterward did
not comment directly on the merits of Goss' nomination, saying instead that they would
use his confirmation hearings to discuss broader intelligence reform issues.
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7. Today's column: On Politics
Addition and Subtraction
Watch for events or circumstances that could fundamentally change the existing
equation.
Full column: { Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0804/081704op.htm }
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8. The Earlybird: Today's headlines
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9. Quote of the day
"The American public is becoming more and more agreeable to intrusiveness in order to
protect themselves against terrorist attacks."
-- Former Indiana congressman Lee Hamilton, co-chair of the 9/11 commission, saying
the government { Link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0804/081604c1.htm }
should implement more security measures.
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