Federal Union Wants Contractors to Pay for Cuts

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The American Federation of Government Employees releases a report stating that as much as 90 percent of the money the government would need to save under sequestration cuts could come from contractors, sparing federal workers, according to The Baltimore Sun. AOL Defense says the success of the Aerospace Industry Association’s yearlong campaign against sequestration looks unlikely. DNC chairman Howard Dean says Pentagon cuts are only possible under sequestration, according to CNBC. Business Insider says House Speaker John Boehner loved sequestration before he hated it.

Politico reports that the Army and Navy are now running over budget. Time breaks down Obama’s five-year Pentagon budget plan. Wired explains the Navy’s aircraft carrier funding gamble.

Rear. Adm. Donald Gaddis, head of the Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft, gets his second star.

Defense Daily says the Senate will vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination (paywall) for defense secretary today.

ERAPSCO Inc. gets $7.1 million more from NAVAIR for engineering and manufacturing development services in support of the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare system.

The Government Accountability Office finds that defense acquisition officials often fail to justify sole-source awards to small, disadvantaged companies, FCW reports.

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