continuing resolution
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Even if Congress and the Trump administration manage to avoid another lapse in funding, starting the fiscal year three months late is hardly ideal.
December 20, 2017 -
House Republicans are discussing a new plan that would extend the continuing resolution through Jan. 19. This version would not fund the Defense Department through the rest of fiscal 2018, as originally discussed.
December 20, 2017 -
The House has included an additional $2.1 billion for the Veterans Choice Program in a continuing resolution, which would extend funding for civilian agencies through Jan. 19, 2018.
December 19, 2017 -
Whether a government shutdown is on the horizon for the holiday season, a majority of federal employees who took a Federal News Radio survey said their federal agencies are ready if a shutdown does happen.
December 14, 2017 -
A key House Republican has unveiled a measure to deliver a huge budget increase to the Pentagon and prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week.
December 14, 2017 -
No sooner had the president signed a two-week continuing resolution than the countdown started — the countdown to the next deadline for a government shutdown,
December 12, 2017 -
Congress has until midnight on Friday, Dec. 22 to avoid a government shutdown. As a federal employee or contractor, let us know what you think about a possible shutdown.
December 12, 2017 -
Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.
December 07, 2017 -
More than two dozen agencies updated their contingency plans, should Congress not pass a bill to keep the government open past Friday.
December 06, 2017 -
Congress is looking likely to pass a short-term extension to the current continuing resolution. Still, many more fights lie ahead over a long-term budget.
December 05, 2017 -
Just days before the expiration of the latest continuing resolution, Navy officials say the last several years of budgeting-by-CR have already wasted $4 billion.
December 05, 2017 -
Lawmakers have yet to strike a deal to keep the government open past Dec. 8, leaving federal employees to consider, again, the possibility of a government shutdown.
November 29, 2017 -
What if there's a CR extension or Congress passes a fiscal 2018 budget? That could mean RFPs coming out at Christmastime.
November 27, 2017 -
If Congress passes the budgets Federal News Radio has been hearing about, it could trigger sequestration.
November 20, 2017 -
Continuing resolutions don't mean contractors or their agency customers should sit on their hands. There's work to be done.
October 30, 2017