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In today's Federal Newscast: The IRS has its third new technology leader in four months. Reforms to the national security classification system were just passed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. And a hefty pay raise is in the works for American service members.
As the Pentagon continues to try an improve housing for service members, the GAO finds areas needing improvement.
The fiscal 2023 omnibus includes several technology-related policy provisions that agencies should pay close attention to over the next year.
Congress released the text of a massive government spending package for fiscal 2023, which includes an increase of $42.5 billion in non-defense spending and an increase of $76 billion in defense spending over enacted 2022 levels. But just a few days remain to pass the legislation and avoid either a government shutdown or another continuing resolution.
The 2023 Financial Service and General Government section of the Omnibus bill allocates $50 million for the Technology Modernization Fund, well below the $300 million the White House requested.
Programs at HHS, USDA and the Education Department remained fairly steady during continuing resolutions, GAO found.
The Technology Modernization Fund received $100 million from the House for fiscal 2023, which is $200 million below the Biden administration’s request.
The House's passage of a government spending package has a few key implications for federal agencies in fiscal 2023.
A provision in the omnibus spending bill for 2022 requires the Homeland Security Department to submit a report to Congress on the impact of most pilot programs.
With no mention of federal pay raise in the fiscal 2023 financial services and general government bill, House appropriators push forward the White House’s 4.6% proposal.
The House is sticking closely to the Biden budget and to appropriators but the Senate Armed Services Committee is feeling bolder in what it is approving in its legislation.
The American Federation of Government Employees thinks it could lead to wholesale reductions in the civilian ranks.
In today's Federal Newscast, the director of the Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to look at the future of work.
The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2022 directs agencies to brief lawmakers on a variety of federal workforce issues in the coming months.