Budget

  • The Air Force is working to balance today\'s needs and tomorrow\'s challenges while operating under intense fiscal pressures.

    February 22, 2011
  • Sharing knowledge is key and both parties are learning a lot from each other\'s knowledge and experience.

    February 22, 2011
  • Agency officials say the House\'s proposed budget could mean furloughs and layoffs. Reduced funding also could slow the construction of SSA\'s new data center. Officials say the current computer center poses a high risk for outages that would impact critical operations.

    February 22, 2011
  • The Defense Department will cut 209 senior executives, according to a DoD memo sent to The Federal Times. The memo said 126 positions will be eliminated and 83 jobs will be downgraded to GS-15 positions,…

    February 21, 2011
  • The DorobekINSIDER brings you the best of recent interviews and analysis about the proposed FY2012 budget, released by President Obama on Feb. 14. The numbers are out on the proposed budget for the fiscal 2012…

    February 21, 2011
  • The memo issued by the Offices of Personnel Management and Management and Budget lay out proposals for developing the Senior Executive Service.

    February 21, 2011
  • Leaders of both parties say they are determined to avoid a shutdown. But they have not yielded on the amount of spending cuts they will demand or accept. Meanwhile, shutdown talk is rippling through Washington and beyond. We get the latest details from Politico\'s Laura McGann.

    February 21, 2011
  • Budget behemoth passes House without proposed amendments to withhold funding for within-grade increases or for promotions of federal employees. The House version of the continuing resolution proposes cutting $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs. The Senate is expected to propose holding spending at current levels.

    February 21, 2011
  • OPM reports a rise in teleworking from 2008 - 2009. The survey shows satisfaction among feds who do telework, but reveals barriers that are keeping others from doing so. One Congressman hopes the new law will turn interest in telework into practice.

    February 21, 2011
  • Virginia\'s lawmakers are heading toward the end of their 45-day legislative session with big decisions to make on the three big items that directly affect people\'s lives: transportation, education and health care

    February 20, 2011
  • By John Buckner Federal News Radio The Senate confirmed Stephanie O’Sullivan to the second highest position in the intelligence community as principle deputy to the Director of National Intelligence. She reports to Director of National…

    February 18, 2011
  • Mike Causey discusses the last shutdown and lessons learned in case it happens again.

    February 18, 2011
  • A top aide to Nancy Pelosi told Democratic staffers that a shutdown is likely. The comments came after House Speaker John Boehner rejected any extension of the current spending levels.

    February 18, 2011
  • Talk of a government shutdown is heating up as lawmakers veer further away from compromise. What do you think? Will there be a government shutdown? And, if there is a shutdown, will you work remotely?…

    February 18, 2011
  • With all the cuts, can the Defense Department meet the mission, and which Navy and Air Force contractors will be feeling the bite? We ask defense contracting expert, Jim McAleese.

    February 18, 2011