Budget

  • Analysts see great risk in the Pentagon\'s 2012 budget proposal, which bets procurement plans on the services\' ability to squeeze billions of dollars from overhead and other spending.

    February 23, 2011
  • Although the White House is confident that a shutdown can be avoided, the government also has a contingency plan in case of a shutdown. These plans have been in place since 1980, says the White House press secretary.

    February 22, 2011
  • Robert Tobias, director of Key Executive Leadership Programs at American University, says it\'s easy for federal managers to \"hunker down\" in the trenches while their budgets are under fire. But Tobias argues that now is the time to re-evaluate and improve how their employees deliver services to the public.

    February 22, 2011
  • Steve Kempf, Commissioner of the General Services Administration\'s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), joins Off the Shelf for an update on some of FAS\'s key procurement initiatives and new leadership team. February 22, 2011 (Encore presentation July 5, 2011)

    February 22, 2011
  • February 21st and February 23rd, 2011 Providing top-level advocacy in creating a unified information management and technology vision for the DoD.

    February 22, 2011
  • House Speaker John Boehner has raised eyebrows by saying the administration has added 200,000 federal jobs. Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta said it\'s not the size that matters. It\'s what you do with it.

    February 22, 2011
  • The typical workplace is made up of four generations with different learning and communication styles, different work-life balance needs, and different preferences in how their contributions are recognized. Dr. Bonni Yordi tells us about a new study on what can lead to a more effective organization.

    February 22, 2011
  • 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