2022 budget

Congress taps brakes on DoD project to reform IT funding

The House-Senate appropriations agreement leaves out a DoD request to significantly expand a pilot program to test “colorless” appropriations for software…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senate passes 2022 federal spending bill, sends to Biden’s desk

Congress

Pentagon comptroller says space, AI, microelectronics key in next budget

Defense News

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Pentagon says full-year CR would cut its 2022 spending by more than $20B

Defense

Moving more TRICARE patients to civilian care would cause ‘significant harm,’ study finds

DoD Reporter's Notebook

The Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building during a delay in work on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats unveil 2022 appropriations bills, back Biden’s planned federal pay raise

Budget

A delayed budget could hamstring the Space Force

Federal Newscast

Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

7-bill spending minibus clears House, retains Biden’s proposed federal pay raise

Congress

The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thhompson)

Pentagon faces political battle to retire old weapons systems — and some newer ones

Defense

Expecting new employees in your agency? Time to remember the onboarding basics

Workforce

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House appropriators formally endorse Biden’s 2022 federal pay proposal

Pay

For contractors, the GSA multiple awards schedule could be a safe harbor in the year ahead

While Congress debates Biden’s 2022 budget proposal, contractors should be adjusting their approaches to customers. With some of the dynamics at work,…

Contracting

The U.S. Capitol is seen as national guard members pass by on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to an uncertain future in the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Let’s face it – Congress has more to chew than it can digest

Now that it’s been on the street for more than a week, the Biden administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2022 is about to have its hearings in Congress.

Congress

With Biden’s 2022 budget, civilian agencies are due for a hiring spree

Workforce

Civilian agencies that saw their workforces decline or, in some cases, relocate, could experience hiring sprees if the Biden administration gets its way with its 2022 budget request.