Budget

Marine Corps needs more agile MILCON process

“There’s nothing magic about construction for the Marine Corps. The challenge is the program budget process,” said Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey.

Defense

Graphic By: Derace Lauderdale

Pentagon cuts science and technology funding request

Defense

Feds in fatigues too fatigued to properly do their jobs, GAO says

Federal Newscast

One reaction to 2025 Census budget request: good but not enough

Management

O’Malley outlines plans to rebuild Social Security Administration workforce

Hiring/Retention

Roundup of what just happened in Congress for 2024

Congress

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended government shutdown threat

Government Shutdown

Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown

Congress

Justice Department prepares for public-safety grants

Workforce

Final 2024 bill grants DoD some extra budget flexibility

Defense News

TSA employees will keep their pay raises under 2024 spending deal

Pay

A visual representation of a telework desk.

Congress calls for more details on federal telework in 2024 spending package

Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.

Budget

Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert government shutdown and bring budget fight to a close

Lawmakers have introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies.

Government Shutdown

Congress proceeds with $20B cut to IRS modernization fund in FY 2024 spending deal

Budget

Lawmakers plan to cut $10 billion in funds the IRS got in the Inflation Reduction Act, in a spending deal for the rest of fiscal 2024.