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Sequestered Funds
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Capital Thinking
House and Senate Committees to Mark Up Budget Resolutions; How Will Congress Deal with the Sequester; Debt Limit Reached
Legislative Activity House and Senate Committees to Mark Up Budget Resolutions; How Will Congress Deal with the Sequester? The House and Senate Budget Committees will hold markup hearings this week…
The Public Finance Tax Blog
Bah. Humbug. How the IRS Took Away Direct Subsidies from Defeased BABs
Earlier this year, we wrote about issuers that are weary of losing interest subsidies to sequestration and that have paid off their direct pay bonds with tax-exempt bonds. We noted…
Hospice Law Blog
CMS Plans To Add Sequestration Dollars To Hospice Cap
This week at an Open Door Forum, CMS finally disclosed a long-rumored plan to overstate hospice cap liability for hospices, and thereby grab more overpayments, by adding sequestered revenue to…
Inside Government Contracts
CSIS Report Exposes Dramatic Decreases in DOD Contract Spending in 2013
By Alan Pemberton, Kayleigh Scalzo
On October 15, 2014, the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) released a report on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contract spending between 2000 and 2013. The report analyzes…
The Public Finance Tax Blog
Squire Patton Boggs Client Alert – Sequestration
As we mentioned in a post last Friday, the IRS has confirmed that the sequestration percentage for direct-pay bonds for federal FY2015 (Oct. 1, 2014 - Sept. 30, 2015) will…
The Right Coast
Twilight of the Sequester | The Weekly Standard
The sequester isn t dead. In the fight to restrain government spending it s a wounded warrior. It s supposed to resume its menu of automatic cuts in 2015, but…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Sequester: Eastern District of Michigan Finds Rule 615 Applies to Depositions
By Colin Miller
Federal Rule of Evidence 615 provides thatAt a party’s request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses’ testimony. Or the court may do so on…
Capital Thinking
NDAA Comes to Senate Floor; White House Receives Intelligence Program Interim Report
Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Defense Authorization, Budget And the Sequester The Fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (S.1197) is expected to come to the Senate floor this week.…
Capital Thinking
Senate to Debate Defense Authorization, Budget and the Sequester; Security Clearance Process To Be Reviewed
Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Defense Authorization, Budget and the Sequester The Senate is in session this week, while the House is in recess. The Fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization…
Capital Thinking
Defense Officials Describe Negative Impact of Sequester; Reports Allege NSA Eavesdropping on World Leaders; Afghan Council Considers Status of Forces Agreement
Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Budget and the Sequester Last week in congressional hearings, defense officials described the negative impact the second round of sequestration will have on the Pentagon.…