Budget

Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Seven-bill spending minibus clears House, retains Biden’s proposed federal pay raise

The House minibus includes a silent endorsement of the president’s proposed federal pay raise for civilian employees in 2022. The Senate hasn’t introduced…

Congress

Govini

What the FY 2022 Defense budget request says about a future fight with China

Defense

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

How would a new $6.5B advanced research projects agency for NIH work?

Management

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

Congress

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress should invest in programs — and management

Management

(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thhompson)

Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

Defense

Project on Government Oversight

Spare parts an opportunity for Pentagon to spend more efficiently

Defense

OIG finds weaknesses in VA’s financial management systems

Veterans Affairs

In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

Budget

Crackdown in the works against acquisition fraud and misconduct

Federal Newscast

Recounting how far GAO has come in 100 years

The agency, part of Congress, has come a long way from its origins in bean counting. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got a brief overview from the GAO’s…

Agency Oversight

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

The accord marks a major step in the party’s push to meet Biden’s goal of bolstering an economy that was ravaged by the pandemic and setting it on…

Budget

House committees are spending the week working on ‘the normal kind’ of budget bills

Congress

Appropriations for 2022 are occupying a House that this week is devoted to committee work.

Budget

Seven-bill spending minibus clears House, retains Biden’s proposed federal pay raise

What the FY 2022 Defense budget request says about a future fight with China

How would a new $6.5B advanced research projects agency for NIH work?

Last week of legislating before Congress departs for August recess

Congress should invest in programs — and management

Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

Spare parts an opportunity for Pentagon to spend more efficiently

OIG finds weaknesses in VA’s financial management systems

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

Crackdown in the works against acquisition fraud and misconduct

Recounting how far GAO has come in 100 years

Senate Democrats reach $3.5T budget agreement

House committees are spending the week working on ‘the normal kind’ of budget bills

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