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Federal contractors are drawing on the lessons they learned from the last partial lapse in appropriations, a 35-day event companies say has changed the way they prepare for a possible government shutdown later this week.
Appropriators wants to give the Coast Guard about $13.2 billion.
You need a scorecard for the legislative shenanigans going on on Capitol Hill this week.
The government shutdown deadline is right around the corner. The good news? Congress has learned a few things from the last shutdown, bringing the tiniest bit of certainty to feds with their back pay and health insurance the next time it happens again.
William Gale is an economist, tax expert and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.
Early signs suggest Congress is ready to let DoD expand pilot programs that use colorless appropriations for IT, but not without limitations.
It's customary for the Office of Management and Budget to engage with agencies on planning seven days before any government shutdown deadline. OMB said it's confident Congress will avoid a lapse in appropriations before next Thursday's deadline, although it's unclear what path lawmakers will take to do so.
Even though President Joe Biden reversed many of the policies of his predecessor Donald Trump, there's one thing the administration has held on to, much to the chagrin of Congress.
The House passed a nine-week continuing resolution Tuesday night, which would sustain agency operations through Dec. 3. But the CR also temporarily suspends the debt limit through December 2022, a measure Republicans have said they're unwilling to support.
The service wants to downsize the number of aircraft it uses and focus on modernizing current systems and developing next generation weapons to make its top priority near-peer competition.
The office is hoping to convince Congress for at least $75 million in 2022.
VA has a model for staffing. But the VA Office of Inspector General finds the model somehow fails to translate into a clear picture of staffing requirements.
A new report says defense companies are reaping the benefits from building an ever-growing military system.
For details, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Director of Cyber and National Security at the Lincoln Network, Dan Lips.