2018 budget

• No word yet on feds’ pay in president’s 2018 budget blueprint

  President Donald Trump offered a first look at his upcoming management agenda in the 2018 budget blueprint. The agenda will focus on eliminating agency reporting requirements on IT, acquisition, human capital and real property and letting "managers manage." It also suggests the budget and reorganization executive order initiatives will drive future agency workforce cuts.

  Budget

  March 16, 2017
• Ahead of Trump’s 2018 budget release, NARFE predicts tough fight for fed pay/benefits

  With the President's fiscal 2018 budget expected later this week, lawmakers and federal employee unions are gearing up for what could be a long and contentious fight over civilian agency spending and possible cuts to other federal employee programs. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association says the 2018 budget is its biggest challenge this year.

  Workforce

  March 14, 2017
• Concerned by TSA, Coast Guard budget cuts, senators push DHS nominee for answers

  Amid reports that the White House is planning budget cuts at the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the President's border security and immigration policies, some senators are worried the Homeland Security Department will forget the lessons it's learned about risk-based management. They asked Elaine Duke, the nominee to be the DHS deputy secretary, about her approach to future budgetary decisions.

  Congress

  March 08, 2017
• Union warns SSA employees of furloughs under Trump’s proposed budget

  Proposed budget cuts to civilian agencies in fiscal 2018 may mean that the Social Security Administration will have to issue furlough notices to its employees. A union that represents SSA field operations and phone service center employees said the agency's workforce could see five days of furloughs for every 1 percent cut to the Social Security administration budget.

  Budget

  March 07, 2017
• Employee morale declining since hiring freeze, NTEU members say

  About 58 percent of federal employees say their workloads have increased since President Donald Trump authorized a temporary hiring freeze for some agencies, according to a recent survey from the National Treasury Employees Union.

  Unions

  March 01, 2017
• DoD says March continuing resolution likely, as it prepares 2018 budget review

  Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord said the prospect of a continuing resolution into the new year is one of the biggest challenges DoD will face. House Republicans seem poised to act on a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through current spending levels until March.

  Budget

  November 17, 2016
• A transitional approach for the 2018 budget request

  OMB Director Shaun Donovan told agencies the Obama administration is preparing a budget database in preparation for the presidential transition in January.

  Budget

  May 02, 2016