Budget
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For a long time your agency has been limiting its horizons for saving money. Some good, old-fashioned money management philosophies could go a long way toward helping your agency cut costs.
September 13, 2011 -
Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive, recaps the recent woes agencies have faced.
September 13, 2011 -
A proposed rule by the Office of Government Ethics expands the mandates for political appointees about contact with lobbyists or lobbying organizations detailed in a January 2009 executive order. The suggested changes focus on two main areas, widely attended events and gifts worth less than $50.
September 13, 2011 -
If you are looking for good news you\'ve come to the wrong place, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. It seems that while Congress and the White House say that creating jobs is the nation\'s top priority, the second largest federal agency hopes to shed a third of its workforce and 70,000 federal contractors were sent on unpaid furloughs this year.
September 13, 2011 -
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) says the cuts that will occur automatically if lawmakers can\'t agree on cuts to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years will fall heavily on the Defense Department.
September 12, 2011 -
If the Postal Service were a business, it would be facing the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. USPS lost $20 billion in last five years, and it is on track to lose more than $6 billion this year. GAO evaluates the state of the Postal Service and what needs to be done in the short-term by Congress.
September 12, 2011 -
Track the budget process, step-by-step and find out how far along Congress is in allocating your agency\'s spending.
September 12, 2011 -
Lawmakers are working on a continuing resolution to fund the government through late fall. Congress has not approved any of the 12 appropriations bills necessary to keep agencies running after the fiscal year ends in three weeks.
September 09, 2011 -
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to act now to save the cash-strapped Postal Service. The administration said it would propose reforms in the $1.5 trillion deficit reduction package it sends to Congress.
September 09, 2011 -
Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at National Institute of Transition Planning, explains what feds may stand to lose in budget talks.
September 09, 2011 -
The new policy letter will lay out eight changes to how agencies previously defined and managed inherently governmental work. Among the changes are a new list of jobs that must be done by federal employees and a checklist to determine which jobs are inherently government and which are closely associated or critical functions.
September 09, 2011 -
The ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee said timing is critical as the committee prepares the DHS authorization bill.
September 09, 2011 -
Before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama proposed a combination of new spending measures and tax breaks — to the tune of some $447 billion — to help put more Americans to work.
September 09, 2011 -
Department of Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen said business systems and infrastructure are two main areas to reduce the cost of the service\'s technology. September 8, 2011
September 08, 2011 -
Al-Qaida is struggling to get money, thanks to international efforts to stop terrorism financing, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said at a 9/11 anniversary event. He said today\'s terrorism threats require more creative measures and increased global cooperation.
September 08, 2011