Budget Control Act of 2011

The uncertainty surrounding civilian furloughs in the U.S. Department of Defense lingered Wednesday as Fort Gordon employees braced for the next two weeks, when officials said they will be "served" with letters informing them of what days they must stop...

Representatives for unionized workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery said they were pleased with the Pentagon's decision to exempt most shipyard employees from furloughs, but that Congress has still failed hundreds of thousands of other...

A Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant has received the final congressional committee approval it needed. Changes in funding levels requested by DOE still must go through an administrative...

Federal funds requested by the Department of Energy for use at the Savannah River Site were approved by Congress on Wednesday, according to Congressman Joe Wilson, R-S.C., apparently alleviating concerns over the threat of furloughs at the facility. The...

Civilian workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be spared from the mandatory work furloughs hitting other federal employees across the country this summer. In a memo released Tuesday, the defense department outlined its plan to implement the work...

Civilian workers at Fort Bliss and throughout the Department of Defense got a bit of a financial reprieve Tuesday when the expected number of furlough days was lowered by the government. However, reducing the number of furlough days these workers face...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on...

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said Tuesday that he planned to run for the Senate in 2016, setting the table for an eventual rematch with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The decision helps shape the Democratic race for the nomination to challenge...

It was good news and not-so-good news -- of sorts -- Tuesday for Department of Defense civil servants who work at the region's three military installations: White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base, and Fort Bliss. What they dreaded most is...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deficit is shrinking considerably more quickly than previously thought, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday in a report that could sap Congress' sense of urgency to find further budget savings. In one fell swoop,...

Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery got a reprieve Tuesday from federal budget cuts that will require more than 600,000 civilian defense employees nationwide to take unpaid days off. The Pentagon announced that the Navy's four public...

There was good news and bad news in the Pentagon's announcement Tuesday that it will furlough up to 680,000 civilian defense workers for 11 days this summer. The number of furlough days has dropped from 22 to 14 and now 11. The Pentagon also is...