Government Shutdown
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Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.
December 07, 2017 -
Defense and aerospace companies are calling on Congress to come to a decision to avert budget cuts.
December 06, 2017 -
More than two dozen agencies updated their contingency plans, should Congress not pass a bill to keep the government open past Friday.
December 06, 2017 -
Republican leaders have delayed a planned House vote on a short-term budget bill to allow themselves more time to quell GOP divisions over spending and avert a weekend government shutdown
December 05, 2017 -
Congress is looking likely to pass a short-term extension to the current continuing resolution. Still, many more fights lie ahead over a long-term budget.
December 05, 2017 -
Between making open season decisions and worrying about a possible government shutdown, many feds' heads are spinning.
December 01, 2017 -
Could a pre-Christmas government shutdown trigger a mini-recession in Washington and other major federal centers?
November 30, 2017 -
Lawmakers have yet to strike a deal to keep the government open past Dec. 8, leaving federal employees to consider, again, the possibility of a government shutdown.
November 29, 2017 -
What if there's a CR extension or Congress passes a fiscal 2018 budget? That could mean RFPs coming out at Christmastime.
November 27, 2017 -
If Congress passes the budgets Federal News Radio has been hearing about, it could trigger sequestration.
November 20, 2017 -
The new report includes 22 recommendations, including the creation of a National Secure Data Service, and asking Congress to lift certain bans on data use and collection.
September 11, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says although the odds of a government shutdown this month seem to be diminishing, many federal workers are still on high alert.
September 07, 2017 -
When we talk about a government shutdown and its consequences, the truth is that we are actually talking about a pretend shutdown — the political theater version.
September 06, 2017 -
A shutdown directly affects almost the entire federal workforce. After the 2013 shutdown, most people assumed the Congress would never go there again. Why would they?
August 31, 2017 -
A majority of federal employees who took a Federal News Radio survey said the president's recent threats of a government shutdown had them feeling more concerned than usual.
August 29, 2017