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2025 budget request cutting a few discretionary accounts

In the fiscal 2025 budget request, President Joe Biden wants to increase defense discretionary spending by $37 billion to $895.2 billion.

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Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Along with a proposed 2% federal pay raise for 2025, the Biden administration is looking at reforms for federal firefighters, as well as FAA and TSA employees.

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Biden budget request includes $13B for cybersecurity, continuing upward trend

CISA would get $3 billion under the Biden admin’s budget request, including funding to implement new cyber incident reporting rules.

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2025 budget includes $850 billion for Defense, 4.5% military pay raise

As in the rest of government, DoD’s 2025 proposal would give civilian employees a 2% raise.

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Pentagon’s 2025 budget boosts personnel budget, cuts end strength

DoD plans to cut its active end strength by 7,800 service members, but grow its reserve forces in 2025, according to the 2025 budget request.

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White House seeks $425M in 2025 budget to sell unneeded federal office space

The Biden administration sees a major opportunity to shrink the federal government’s sprawling real estate footprint.

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OMB looks to hire more evaluation experts across government in FY 2025 budget plan

OMB is also setting government job qualification standards for evaluation expert positions across the federal government.

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House GOP setting up DOGE subcommittee to address ‘wasteful’ federal spending

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A call for yet another new agency to do what the government should be doing anyway

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Commerce Department spreads Chips Act money across the country

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