2020 Budget
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For a lot of of agency political officials, budget hearings will be as much about policy and oversight as about money.
April 09, 2019 -
The military is already starting to downsize its uniformed medical cadre, but there is no clear plan to replace the 18,000 positions it's eliminating with civilian providers.
April 05, 2019 -
The White House proposed a 31.2 percent cut from the EPA's 2020 budget, including reductions in research and development funding by 45.8 percent.
April 04, 2019 -
Lawmakers have declared the president's 2020 budget request "dead on arrival," but there are a few ways the proposed federal retirement cuts could see the light of day this year.
April 03, 2019 -
Critics of the $750 billion Defense budget request ask why taxpayers should trust the Defense Department with money, as a result of the 2018 audit.
April 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduced two new bills to ensure federal employees don't lose insurance benefits during future government shutdowns.
April 03, 2019 -
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s absence from a fiscal 2020 budget hearing Tuesday struck a nerve with some members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies.
April 03, 2019 -
Senior Bloomberg Government reporter Travis Tritten has done some digging into the specifics of the Space Force, he explained on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 02, 2019 -
Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan offered more insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin predicting that without 2019 top-line numbers, no agreement will be ready by Sept. 30.
April 02, 2019 -
As Congress starts the appropriations process for fiscal 2020, one of the questions it’s faces is how much to spend on the legislative branch itself.
April 01, 2019 -
The Senate Budget Committee passed a 2020 budget resolution last week, but left out several proposals designed to protect the federal workforce.
April 01, 2019 -
Now that the 2020 president's budget request is out, Congress spent the past week hearing from several agencies about their respective plans. Catch up on the questions and answers given by various officials.
March 29, 2019 -
NASA’s 2020 budget request includes some pretty big projects, including missions to return to the moon and travel to Mars. But projects at that scale will require some changes to how NASA manages them.
March 29, 2019 -
Commandant Karl Schultz stood before the House on Tuesday laying out the agency's many concerns and promises. Schultz said fiscal 2020 will focus mainly on readiness and addressing maritime challenges.
March 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.
March 28, 2019