Budget

• From IT to workforce to CX, agencies must justify their investments decisions in 2024

  Fiscal 2024 budget guidance from the Office of Management and Budget tells agencies to invest in rebuilding the workforce, the move toward zero trust and several other management priorities.

  Budget

  August 09, 2022
• How three agencies cope with funding uncertainty under continuing resolutions

  Programs at HHS, USDA and the Education Department remained fairly steady during continuing resolutions, GAO found.

  Budget

  August 09, 2022
• Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

  The Inflation Reduction Act would give the Postal Service $1.29 billion to purchase electric vehicles, and $975 million to GSA to support emerging sustainable technologies.

  Hiring/Retention

  August 09, 2022
• A view from Capitol Hill with Bloomberg’s Loren Duggan

  Just yesterday afternoon, the Senate gave final passage to the Inflation Reduction Act after a full weekend of votes on amendments.

  Congress

  August 08, 2022
• Water water everywhere: EPA using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to make it safer to drink

  The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the single largest investment of water infrastructure ever in federal government, and the EPA wants to get the funds out appropriately.

  Workforce

  August 04, 2022
• Data analysis raises alarms over spending on critical technologies

  If national security and national economic competitiveness are driven by new technology than the U.S. is at risk of falling behind.

  Technology

  August 03, 2022
• Senate appropriators propose to repeal Hyde, add tens of billions to Defense budget

  The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing $850 billion for national security.

  Congress

  August 02, 2022
• A Senate-inspired bill seeks to redo federal procurement

  The AGILE Procurement Act in the Senate intends to make it easier for the government to buy commercial goods and services.

  Contracting

  August 02, 2022
• It’s practically official: Brace for the next continuing resolution

  Another continuing resolution on Oct. 1 is looking inevitable, says WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

  Congress

  August 01, 2022
• A bipartisan Senate push to tamp down at least one threat from China

  Two senators from opposite parties recently urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the phenomenon of TikTok.

  Congress

  August 01, 2022
• IRS gets $80B to ‘rebuild’ its capacity under Senate reconciliation deal

  The budget reconciliation package announced Wednesday night by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) would give the IRS $80 billion over the next 10 years, with a focus on tax enforcement.

  Hiring/Retention

  July 28, 2022
• House shows love for some IT modernization funds, but not all of them

  The Technology Modernization Fund received $100 million from the House for fiscal 2023, which is $200 million below the Biden administration’s request.

  IT Modernization

  July 25, 2022
• A busy week for Congress with a Chips Bill that keeps growing

  The Senate will continue debating the Chips Bill this week. Find out more about that and other important happenings on Capitol Hill, Tom Temin talked with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.

  Congress

  July 25, 2022
• TSA chief says pay equity his top priority as TSO bill awaits Senate action

  TSA is confronting turnover challenges as air travel approaches pre-pandemic levels.

  Pay

  July 13, 2022