Budget
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Despite the successful passage last week of a small group of annual spending bills covering several federal agencies\' 2012 budgets, Congress will likely fold the remaining bills into a single omnibus.
November 21, 2011 -
After a decade in which it has been built up to parity with the active Army and Air Force components, the National Guard should not be allowed to backslide to a point where it is no longer usable, the National Guard chief said Friday.
November 21, 2011 -
Jack Gansler is director of the Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise at the University of Maryland\'s School of Public Policy and former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
November 18, 2011 -
By and large, federal budget managers remain satisfied with their jobs, said Jonathan Stehle is the president of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis. The next challenge is better linking performance data with the budgeting process, he said in an interview on In Depth with Francis Rose.
November 18, 2011 -
With federal workforces potentially on the budget chopping block, the Office of Personnel Management is extending a helping hand to feds who may find themselves jobless in the near future.
November 18, 2011 -
Stan Collender, a budget expert and partner at Qorvis Communications, said nobody should panic just yet about possible automatic, across-the- board cuts. They won't be enacted immediately, he told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris. And Congress could still wiggle out of them.
November 18, 2011 -
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
November 18, 2011 -
A government shutdown was averted Thursday when Congress approved a compromise spending bill. The bill funds the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation, HUD, Justice, and some smaller agencies through the end of the fiscal year. The rest of the government will operate on another short-term continuing resolution, which will expire Dec. 16.
November 18, 2011 -
The House and the Senate voted to approve appropriations bills for Agriculture; Commmerce, Justice and Science agencies; and the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Taken together this is the \"minibus.\"
November 18, 2011 -
Thad Juszczak is director in Grant Thornton\'s Global Public Sector practice.
November 17, 2011 -
Andrew Krepinevich is the president and CEO at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
November 17, 2011 -
Mike McCord, principal deputy undersecretary and comptroller for DoD, says that Defense is focusing on making mandated cuts while waiting for Congress to pass 2012 appropriations bill.
November 17, 2011 -
Don Kettl, dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, said policymakers can draw on lessons learned from previous rounds of government downsizing to make smarter decisions now. He made his remarks from the 2011 Excellence in Government conference.
November 17, 2011 -
Jeff Page, the chief financial officer of the Library of Congress, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris from the Excellence in Government conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss how the Library is preparing its budget for possible cuts.
November 17, 2011 -
Host Mike Causey is joined by Walton Francis, author of \"The Checkbook Guide to Health Plans,\" to talk about what\'s the best health plan for you and your family. November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011