continuing resolution
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The federal contracting community will feel relieved if Congress proceeds with a continuing resolution, and avoids a lapse in appropriations. Fondly known as a government shutdown.
September 28, 2021 -
You need a scorecard for the legislative shenanigans going on on Capitol Hill this week.
September 27, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss GWACs, CMMC, CIO-SP4 and the state of the current government contracting market.
September 24, 2021 -
The House passed a nine-week continuing resolution Tuesday night, which would sustain agency operations through Dec. 3. But the CR also temporarily suspends the debt limit through December 2022, a measure Republicans have said they're unwilling to support.
September 21, 2021 -
The Senate returns to Capitol Hill this week with a mountain of work, and less than three weeks to prevent a government shutdown.
September 13, 2021 -
Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro, spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin for some advice.
September 08, 2021 -
With a short-term continuing resolution nearly inevitable to start the upcoming fiscal year, the White House submitted a lengthy list of budget anomalies it believes Congress should include in a temporary stop-gap funding bill.
September 07, 2021 -
September promises to be something of a mess on Capitol Hill. Federal agencies and contractors are already figuring Congress won't pass 2022 appropriations on time.
September 07, 2021 -
Members of Congress include fewer veterans than in past decades, but the ones now in office have been vocal about the situation in Afghanistan.
August 30, 2021 -
Tim Cook of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, and Tom Sisti of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss recent procurement policy developments.
August 30, 2021 -
Congress is focused this week on long-term infrastructure spending. But the clock is quickly winding down on the end of the fiscal year deadline to keep the basic functions of government working.
August 24, 2021 -
The Budget and Accounting Act set up the system by which presidents proposed budgets to Congress a century ago. But does the current process reflect that original vision?
July 15, 2021 -
Appropriations for 2022 are occupying a House that this week is devoted to committee work.
July 12, 2021 -
A crucial week's ahead for Congress. Democrats say they'll go to reconciliation to pass a $6 trillion package, if Republicans don't go along.
June 21, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues for the remainder of the fiscal year.
May 19, 2021