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Sequestered Funds
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The Right Coast
The Excuses for Failure Are About to Begin « Commentary Magazine
Now that House Republicans have done what Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio (and others) asked, which is to vote to defund the Affordable Care Act,…
Patents Post-Grant
Sequestration Threatens USPTO Satellite Offices
Planned Silicon Valley Office in LimboSeems Congress is currently winning the never ending fee diversion battle with the USPTO. As a result, efforts to expand USPTO satellite office to Dallas, Denver and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sequester now requiring still more foolish cuts to federal criminal justice services
Main August 20, 2013Sequester now requiring still more foolish cuts to federal criminal justice services As reported in this USA Today piece, headlined "Public defenders, probation services to have cutbacks,"…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Judge Gibbons Testifies Before Senate On Effects Of Sequestration
Sixth Circuit Judge Julia Gibbons serves as the Chair on the Committee on the Budget of the Judicial Conference of the United States. In that capacity, she has had the…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Does Sequestration Impact Colleges and Universities?
Yes. As significant recipients of federally funded grants and contracts, colleges and universities are feeling the impact of the current environment of federal budget uncertainty - primarily sequestration, continuing resolutions,…
Subject to Inquiry
A Question of Ethics: Ethics Rules Bind Furloughed Staffers
By Government Investigations Group
Roll Call May 16, 2013 Q: I am chief of staff for a member of the House with a question about how House ethics rules might impact staffers on furlough.…
Food Safety News
Food Safety Inspections Dodge the Sequester
Just two months after the White House warned that across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester, could have dire consequences for the country, in part because they could weaken food…
The Contractor's Perspective
Three contractor strategies for sequestered federal contracts
Flight delays resulting from the furloughs of air traffic controllers are certainly not the only impact of sequestration. All federal contractors and grant recipients will have to adapt to reduced…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Provides More Details on Sequestration Cuts
As previously reported, on March 1, 2013, President Obama issued a sequestration order (required by law) that triggers automatic cuts to most federal programs, including a 2% cut to Medicare…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN March 25, 2013
Daniel Schwartz's post last week on the much-discussed Eagle v. Edcomm LinkedIn ownership case (employer or employee?) generated so much buzz we had to have him on LXBN TV to…