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Sequestered Funds
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Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
Although Funding Bill Offers Agencies More Discretion On Sequestration, Contractors Should Consider Employment Law Implications in Preparing for Additional Program Cuts
On March 21, 2013, the House of Representatives approved a spending bill that would provide funding for the federal government through September 30. The Senate had already passed the bill…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Sequester Affects Immigration Enforcement — and Invites Attention to Detention Policy
Across-the-board federal budget cuts went into effect on March 1, and effects are already being felt in a wide range of immigration functions. This article by Migration Information Source explores…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
So the sequestration cuts have begun. Now what?
By Christopher L. Rissetto, Robert Helland
The March 1st sequester deadline has passed with no alternative in place. That means $85 billion in sequestration cuts are underway, as mandated by Congress in the Budget Control Act…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN March 7, 2013
Sequestration is the topic of the moment right now, and we have two posts in today's roundup on the matter: one on its impact on the elderly and another, in…
Madison Ave Insights
What Does Sequestration Mean for Ad Land?
On Friday the latest doomsday threat out of Washington became a reality as automatic federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, went into effect. What effect that will have, we can’t…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB on sequester list
Although the CFPB receives its funding from the Federal Reserve and not through the congressional appropriations process, it is still on the list of agencies whose funding will be cut…
Food Safety News
Washington Asks Whether Sequester Impact Was Overstated
Five days after across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester, officially kicked in at most federal agencies, some lawmakers and newspaper fact-checkers are beginning to seriously question whether the doomsday…
Best Practices Construction Law
Say This Three Times Fast: Sequestration, Construction and Contractor Claims!
No doubt you have heard, read or seen reports about the sequestration process. As part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law…
Food Safety News
Meat Inspector Furloughs Months Away, Says Vilsack
By News Desk
Furloughs of meat inspectors will take "several months" to roll out, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers on Tuesday. The department will send out notices to union representatives this week…
Energy Business Law
Sequestration to Result in Across-the-Board 8.7 Percent Reduction of 1603 Grant Payments
by Melissa Dorn The United States Department of the Treasury released a notification on March 4, 2013 clarifying how sequestration will affect payments awarded under Section 1603 of the American…