GSA executives won't need to daily stake a desk claim
General Services Administration executives won't be subject to a daily need to reserve space in the GSA headquarters as it moves to a bullpen style workspace for most of its employees. Speaking at a Dec. 20 event on the redevelopment of Federal Triangle South, officials said GSA executives will not need to make office space reservations like average GSA employees and that recurring meetings will have space set aside for them.
Interior launches buy-back program as part of Cobell Settlement
The Interior Department has announced the initial framework of its $1.9 billion Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations that will purchase fractional interests in American Indian trust lands from those who wish to sell, allowing tribal governments to use consolidated lands for community purposes. Currently, there are 2.9 million fractional interests in more than 92,000 tracts of land held in trust for American Indians.
Interior: Colorado River water supply to fall 3M acre-feet short by 2060
Demand for Colorado River Basin water will exceed supply by 3.2 million acre-feet by 2060, projects a new study from the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation. A single household uses roughly 1 acre-foot of water annually. Most of the increased demand for water will be from municipal and industrial users because of population growth, the study says.
Performance.gov gets some data on agency goal progress
The Office of Management and Budget is adding actual data and goals to its Performance.gov site to shine light on what progress has or hasn't happened in federal agency programs, but OMB cautions that the push for data and the website itself are still works in progress. Twenty-four agencies provided OMB with a list of their goals and related information.
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GSA executives won't need to daily stake a desk claim
General Services Administration executives won't be subject to a daily need to reserve space in the GSA headquarters as it moves to a bullpen style workspace for most of its employees. Speaking at a Dec. 20 event on the redevelopment of Federal Triangle South, officials said GSA executives will not need to make office space reservations like average GSA employees and that recurring meetings will have space set aside for them.
U.S. and Canada inch closer to aligning trade-related regulations
A joint U.S.-Canadian commission tasked with breaking down regulatory barriers to cross-border trade says it is making progress in several key areas.No regulations have actually been revised in either country, but pilot programs are headed in that direction, according to the progress report (.pdf) issued this Dec. 14 by the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council.
Audio: GSA's Tangherlini speaks on the redevelopment of Federal Triangle South
Dan Tangherlini, acting administrator at the General Services Administration, spoke and took questions at a Dec. 20 event on the redevelopment of Federal Triangle South. The event was hosted by the District of Columbia Building Industry Association.
IRS warns of tax troubles due to the cliff
As many as 100 million taxpayers could face refund delays and filing problems if fiscal cliff negotiations fail to adjust the alternative minimum tax exemption before the end of 2012, says Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Steve Miller. In a Dec. 19 letter (.pdf), Miller said that 80 to 100 million taxpayers would be unable to file taxes while the IRS reprograms its tax processing systems to take into account the expiration of a temporary measure that adjusts the AMT exception for inflation.
President Obama establishes plan to curb gun violence
President Obama has promised federal action to curb gun violence in America, saying he will address the issue with specific recommendations in his 2013 State of the Union address. He also urged Congress to take its own action as soon as possible. "There is a big chunk of space between what the Second Amendment means and having no rules at all," he said.
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The compromise fiscal 2013 national defense authorization bill unveiled by conferees Dec. 18 excludes language from the Senate version that would have required the use of a repository for all software code owned by the government or to which it has use rights and an official designation of DoD collaborative software development environments, "such as Forge.mil managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency."
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