government shutdown

  • Robert Tobias, director of Key Executive Leadership Programs at American University, says it\'s easy for federal managers to \"hunker down\" in the trenches while their budgets are under fire. But Tobias argues that now is the time to re-evaluate and improve how their employees deliver services to the public.

    February 22, 2011
  • We learn what it\'s like to live through a shutdown from someone who was there last time: John Elliot.

    February 21, 2011
  • Leaders of both parties say they are determined to avoid a shutdown. But they have not yielded on the amount of spending cuts they will demand or accept. Meanwhile, shutdown talk is rippling through Washington and beyond. We get the latest details from Politico\'s Laura McGann.

    February 21, 2011
  • Budget behemoth passes House without proposed amendments to withhold funding for within-grade increases or for promotions of federal employees. The House version of the continuing resolution proposes cutting $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs. The Senate is expected to propose holding spending at current levels.

    February 21, 2011
  • Mike Causey discusses the last shutdown and lessons learned in case it happens again.

    February 18, 2011
  • A top aide to Nancy Pelosi told Democratic staffers that a shutdown is likely. The comments came after House Speaker John Boehner rejected any extension of the current spending levels.

    February 18, 2011
  • Talk of a government shutdown is heating up as lawmakers veer further away from compromise. What do you think? Will there be a government shutdown? And, if there is a shutdown, will you work remotely?…

    February 18, 2011
  • The GOP wants deep cuts in a continuing resolution, meanwhile President Obama has threatened to veto. Keeping the government funded is what\'s at stake. Budget expert James Horney explains.

    February 18, 2011
  • House Speaker John Boehner rejected any temporary funding measures that does not include serious cuts.

    February 17, 2011
  • President Obama has threatened to veto a continuing resolution that would fund government through the rest of the fiscal year. The Hill\'s Bob Cusack explains how the CR battle has gotten this far.

    February 16, 2011
  • Republican leaders in the House are calling for even deeper budgets cuts by putting forward a plan that cuts about $60 billion to hundreds of federal programs for the seven months remaining in the current fiscal year.

    February 11, 2011
  • GovExec\'s Tom Shoop gives his analysis of what will happen to feds with the upcoming budget battle.

    February 08, 2011
  • This week\'s show is all about you - the federal employee. What other changes may be in store for feds in 2011 in the wake of the federal pay freeze and the change in Congress? January 12, 2011

    January 12, 2011
  • Incoming House Speaker John Boehner says his party\'s goal is to give the government back to the people. But first, reminds the managing editor of The Hill, they\'ll need to figure out a way to fund it in 23 working days or less to avoid a shutdown.

    January 05, 2011
  • The House and Senate have passed a short-term continuing resolution that will keep the government operating until Dec. 21, 2010.

    December 18, 2010