Budget
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According to a recent survey, most respondents said increased telework training has not been built into their 2012 budgets.
August 21, 2011 -
The buyout offers target 10 percent of the Library\'s workforce. Certain employees are eligible to receive $25,000 to leave the agency. The Library is one of several agencies that have offered buyouts to reduce costs. reduce 10% of workforce
August 19, 2011 -
OMB issued implementation guidance for the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act. Over the next few months, agencies and the White House will decide on two-to-eight priority goals. OMB also will develop interim governmentwide goals.
August 19, 2011 -
Steve McMillin, a partner at Hamilton Place Strategies and the former deputy director at OMB, explains how agencies can propose 5 percent in cuts to their 2013 budgets.
August 19, 2011 -
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), one of the 12 lawmakers named to the Congressional super committee, tasked with cutting the deficit by $1 trillion, joined the Federal Drive for an exclusive look.
August 19, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: OMB\'s budget guidance calls for cuts to agency spending, the SEC is hit by allegations of destroying documents and the USPS begins negotiating with two postal unions.
August 19, 2011 -
Agencies must sharpen their pencils to figure out what they can afford in 2012 and beyond. The Labor Department is asking program offices to rethink and redo budget proposals and plans. The Air Force will need to take more surgical cuts to find savings.
August 19, 2011 -
Analysis from: Jonathan Breul, executive director, IBM Center for the Business of Government Doug Davidson, director in the Global Public Sector Practice at Grant Thornton, and the publisher of the Federal Financial Management News blog, FedCFO.com.
August 18, 2011 -
David Maurer, director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at GAO, explains why FPS is out of time and money.
August 18, 2011 -
The nine biggest contractors make more than 70 percent of their revenue from the federal government.
August 18, 2011 -
Debra Filippi is a former federal employee and is now a Principal Consultant at Suss Consulting.
August 18, 2011 -
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel detailed in a memo what agencies must do to reduce the number of agency websites. He extended the freeze on new dot-gov domains through Dec. 31.
August 18, 2011 -
Agencies must submit 2013 budget requests that cut at least 5 percent in spending in discretionary spending compared with this year. Agencies must also submit a version of their 2013 budgets that shows options for cutting an additional 5 percent, or a total of 10 percent, below discretionary spending for this year.
August 18, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today\'s terrorist is more likely to operate alone rather than as part of a 9/11-type of coordinated plot, and thus harder to detect. In the face of budget cuts, DHS is focused on managing risks and cooperating with the public to prevent attacks.
August 18, 2011 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency is holding its annual conference in Baltimore this week. Enterprise technologies and standardization are key themes. DISA has told its public and private sector partners that it intends to do all of the above, even in a climate in which budgetary resources are declining.
August 18, 2011