Congressional Budget Office
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Decline in congressional support agency staff over time leaves legislators with less capacity to make informed decisions.
June 26, 2017 -
Senators sent the Congressional Budget Office a series of questions related to its recent study comparing federal employee compensation to the private sector. But senators won't find much clarity or many concrete conclusions from CBO's responses.
June 22, 2017 -
Reducing the improper payment rate and making better IT acquisition decisions are among the Government Accountability Office's top suggestions to find ways to run the government for less. Agencies shoulder much of the work, but Congress also has its role to play.
May 19, 2017 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) says civil service reform is coming. The committee heard proposals for possible changes to federal employees' pay and benefits Thursday.
May 18, 2017 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will examine a recent Congressional Budget Office report Thursday morning, which says government spends 17 percent more compensating its employees compared to the private sector.
May 17, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office gives agency budget directors a bit of good news.
May 15, 2017 -
The Navy’s top officer says he remains convinced that the global security landscape will demand “more Navy,” over the next few decades, but his service appears to be tempering its appetite for exactly how much more, at least when measured in numbers of ships and people.
May 02, 2017 -
Averages: If you encase one bare foot in dry ice and the other in boiling oil, on average you're doing fine.
April 27, 2017 -
Federal employees with a high school diploma or less earn 53 percent more in total compensation than their counterparts in the private sector, while federal workers with a bachelor's degree earn 21 percent more, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. In contrast, federal employees with a professional degree or doctorate earn 18 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.
April 26, 2017 -
The Congressional Budget Office detailed in a new projection that the government would hit the debt limit by March 15, and Treasury would have to take extraordinary steps to keep the nation from defaulting.
March 08, 2017 -
The Navy says it wants any extra funds to go to current ship maintenance before building to Trump's ideal 350 ship fleet.
January 11, 2017 -
Beyond the federal scorecard, DHS and State provide details on how IT reforms are impacting their respective agencies.
December 12, 2016 -
The Congressional Budget Office estimates how the $1.1 trillion continuing resolution Congress is voting on will be divvied up among federal agencies.
December 08, 2016 -
An idea from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to fund the government through a series of small "minibuses" based on some still-unfinished appropriations bills and the remaining agencies through a continuing resolution appears to be percolating again in Congress. See a breakdown of potential appropriations for fiscal 2017.
October 21, 2016 -
Two postal reform bills passed the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, although not without opposition or concerns.
July 13, 2016