continuing resolution
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The president has signed a temporary stopgap funding measure into law, which keeps agencies running through Dec. 11 and avoids a government shutdown.
September 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, today is the last day of fiscal 2020 and the Senate is expected to move the continuing resolution forward to the President's desk.
September 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, medical centers at the Department of Veterans Affairs see a slight improvement in staffing shortages over the last year.
September 25, 2020 -
Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided U.S. House have voted to take a government shutdown off the table this fall, giving a big, bipartisan vote to a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night
September 22, 2020 -
A draft continuing resolution from House Democrats would also restrict agencies from implementing employee furloughs, set a new fee structure for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and fund several large agency projects. But Republicans have expressed opposition to the measure.
September 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) tells his colleagues what may seem inevitable: a continuing resolution is the likely outcome ahead of the upcoming government funding deadline.
September 01, 2020 -
Not much got done in Congress over the last two weeks, and tomorrow is the first day of the last month of the fiscal year.
August 31, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the "new normal" for federal workers and contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic, and whether fiscal year 2021 will start with a continuing resolution.
August 27, 2020 -
To talk more about what the situation looks like, the Professional Services Council's David Berteau joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, skills gaps across the federal workforce played a role in nearly half of government's high-risk areas.
December 03, 2019 -
When it comes to avoiding wasteful spending in government, avoiding government shutdowns stands out as some of the lowest-hanging fruit.
December 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it's concerned by recent allegations of sexual harassment against American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox.
November 22, 2019 -
Could the next government shutdown end the record 10-year bull market and trigger another recession? It may not be long until we find out.
November 22, 2019 -
A four-week continuing resolution funds agencies at current levels through Dec. 20 and secures a 3.1% military pay raise, but the measure doesn't include a similar adjustment for civilian employees.
November 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of D.C. area Democrats in the House are hoping to block any funding meant for the relocation of the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters.
November 20, 2019