Budget
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The Senate has postponed voting on a $410-billion dollar omnibus spending plan to keep most federal agencies running thru the end of this fiscal year. Up to now, programs have been getting money at 2008…
March 06, 2009 -
President Barack Obama sent Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and OMB Director Peter Orzag to Capitol Hill yesterday to defend the 2010 budget proposal. Jodi Schneider is Senior Editor at Congressional Quarterly and brings us up…
March 04, 2009 -
$355 million. That’s how much President Barack Obama wants for the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity budget in 2010. GCN reports that the money would support the department’s role in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, among…
March 03, 2009 -
Evilee Ebb We told you earlier that Evilee Ebb had left the 1105 Government Information Group has a new gig. She quietly has a new job — Monday was her first day at TechTarget, the…
March 03, 2009 -
Maj. Gen. Carlos Pair is retiring from the Defense Department\'s Business Transformation Agency after 37 years of active service.
February 27, 2009 -
A summary of spending proposals from the Obama administration
February 26, 2009 -
President Barack Obama releases an overview of his 2010 budget this morning, and one of his biggest goals is cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Many are asking whether…
February 26, 2009 -
On Wednesday, literally during Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we had a sudden read alert — had the CTO been named? It came in the form of…
February 26, 2009 -
They’re trying to cut costs on Capitol Hill and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) is leading the way when it comes to looking at the Defense Department. The Senator has crafted a bill that would require…
February 25, 2009 -
President Barack Obama is going to reveal his first federal budget on Thursday. Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some predictions of his own for us.
February 24, 2009 -
There is all sorts of consternation right now about the stimulus bill. There is all sorts of concern about the money flow itself, which is more like a fire hose. Many agency executives are concerned…
February 24, 2009 -
President Barack Obama has vowed to cut the country\'s budget deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obama laid out the guiding principle of his budget policy at a White House conference.
February 23, 2009 -
New offices created by the stimulus package are being challenged.
February 18, 2009 -
In a new agencywide directive issued Feb. 17, Napolitano says she created a new Efficiency Review Initiative Steering Committee, composed of key office and component leadership, to oversee this effort.
February 17, 2009 -
The White House, with the help of the General Services Administration, launched the site this morning. Sources say the site is using similar technology behind the USAspending.gov site to track federal contracts and grants.
February 17, 2009