Budget
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Proposal would let DoD roll over half its unspent funds into the next fiscal year, but procedural quirks are blocking the legislation for now.
July 02, 2020 -
In both chambers of Congress, next year's NDAA tells DoD it's time to devote more energy toward understanding not just the cost of buying weapons, but the long-term cost of owning them.
June 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration is reminding Congress of budget challenges at US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
June 26, 2020 -
The new forecast predicts the Postal Service can weather the coronavirus pandemic better than what the agency first told congressional committees in April. Those forecasts predicted USPS would run out of cash anytime between this month and September.
June 26, 2020 -
A defense authorization bill amendment proposal would require recipients of Defense Department grants to publicly disclose how they spend the money.
June 24, 2020 -
Right before the fifth anniversary of FITARA, VA gave its chief information officer the control over all IT spending across departments, leaving just four other CIOs without the same clout.
June 23, 2020 -
Amendments and political concerns are likely to hold up budgetary talks for next year. Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the latest.
June 22, 2020 -
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is caught between Congress and the administration's requirements when it comes to the amount of data and the source of the information to collect under the $2 trillion CARES Act.
June 22, 2020 -
The National Defense Strategy stresses the possibility of high intensity warfare with peer nations. But do the Defense Department's spending priorities reflect the need to modernize its forces such that it could defeat those nations?
June 19, 2020 -
What a year to be director of the Congressional Budget Office. No one imagined what would soon strike the country.
June 17, 2020 -
Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations faces a $400 million partial budget shortfall before the year ends. The National Treasury Employees Union said it's concerned field officers could face furloughs without additional appropriations.
June 16, 2020 -
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he will help the Postal Service develop a business operating model that will allow it to meet its universal service obligation and put it on a “trajectory for success.”
June 16, 2020 -
A surge in package revenue from April has led to the top Republicans in the House and Senate oversight committees to ask USPS to reassess their projections.
June 11, 2020 -
The House is starting to turn its attention to some ordinary business, namely crafting appropriations bills for the 2021 fiscal year.
June 08, 2020 -
The Pentagon says it's not resisting oversight but also did not say when officials will appear on the Hill.
June 08, 2020