Budget

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

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

  Congress

  July 12, 2021
• What to know as Q4 2021 federal spending boost gets underway

  For annual advice on how to deal, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Contracting

  July 07, 2021
• Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

  Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest congressional outlook from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

  Congress

  July 06, 2021
• OMB memo tells agencies to back up future budget requests with evidence

  The Biden administration is expecting agencies to back up future budget requests with data and program performance metrics --- or at least provide a plan to gather this information.

  Agency Oversight

  June 30, 2021
• House committee supports higher IRS budget to reverse ‘chronic underfunding’

  The House Appropriations Committee is planning to give the IRS a topline budget next year in line with the Biden administration’s multi-year plan.

  Budget

  June 23, 2021
• National Guard in need of supplemental funds to conduct summer training

  The military component needs about have a billion dollars to get back to normal.

  Defense

  June 22, 2021
• If you thought federal contract spending shot through the roof last year, you’re right

  Last year was a good one to be a federal contractor because of the pandemic and a few other things. Federal contract spending went up by double digits.

  Contracting

  June 22, 2021
• How did Congress move so fast on that Juneteenth law anyhow?

  A crucial week's ahead for Congress. Democrats say they'll go to reconciliation to pass a $6 trillion package, if Republicans don't go along.

  Congress

  June 21, 2021
• Data remains biggest obstacle to meeting 2023 deadline for TBM

  Agencies have to start using the full taxonomy under the Technology Business Management (TBM) standards as part of their fiscal 2023 budget requests, but several are unlikely to meet OMB’s deadline.

  Reporter's Notebook

  June 15, 2021
• Congress seems to get deeper and deeper into its own maze

  Looking at Capitol Hill this week, you can almost see two Congresses: The one working through ordinary items like confirmation hearings, and the one deeply stalemated over the big questions like how much money to commit to anything.

  Congress

  June 14, 2021
• For federal agencies, the Biden budget proposal is like a lottery nearly everyone wins

  The Biden administration has proposed showering every federal agency with expanded money, with the exceptions of the departments of Homeland Security and Defense.

  Budget

  June 14, 2021
• ‘Nowhere to go but up.’ Biden’s zero-emission federal fleet hits roadblocks

  Biden is asking lawmakers to approve $5 billion to support a broader national transition to electric and zero-emission vehicles.

  Facilities/Construction

  June 11, 2021
• The pulse of GovCon

  This week on Amtower Off Center, Amber Hart, co-founder of The Pulse of GovCon, joined host Mark Amtower to talk about her company's mission and goals, and discuss end of the fiscal year spending in the federal government.

  Amtower Off-Center

  June 09, 2021
• IRS seeks authority to fast-track more hires as its builds up depleted workforce

  IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig is urging Congress to give the agency a level of funding that's on par with the Biden administration's budget request, in order to support long-term investments in its IT and workforce.

  Hiring/Retention

  June 09, 2021