sequestration
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Unless Congress gets on the ball, some federal agencies — like the FBI — say they might have to furlough employees for a month or more next year. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know: Is this bluff and drama or the real thing?
March 20, 2012 -
Steve Bell, senior director of the Economic Policy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin that unless something dramatic happens the budget will have about $1 trillion for the next 10 years.
March 19, 2012 -
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that his committee\'s 2013 DoD authorization bill will undo Defense spending cuts the Pentagon has already proposed.
March 14, 2012 -
Deltek Chief Knowledge Officer Ray Bjorklund discusses how contractors will be affected by the new federal budget. March 6, 2012
March 06, 2012 -
Jonathan Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates Inc., joins host Roger Waldron to talk about a number of federal procurement issues. February 28, 2012(Encore presentation May 29, 2012)
February 28, 2012 -
The 2013 budget request reduces half of the agency\'s discretionary spending. All agencies could face deeper cuts if Congress and the administration don\'t agree on a plan for deficit reduction in the next 11 months.
February 14, 2012 -
Travis Sharp, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the defense budget. Sharp argued that the new budget and the accompanying strategy may actually make the automatic sequestration cuts, set to begin in January 2013, easier for Congress to swallow.
February 13, 2012 -
GOP senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would grant the Defense Department a one-year reprieve from \"sequestration\" cuts. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the proposal \"skullduggery.\"
February 03, 2012 -
The Pentagon begins the process of revealing its budget plan for fiscal year 2013. The proposal includes the scaling back of several weapons systems, savings on personnel costs, along with an assurance from top DoD officials that even though the military will be smaller, it will be more agile and more capable.
January 27, 2012 -
Travis Sharp, a defense analyst at the Center for a New American Security, outlines three main areas where DoD could make cuts.
January 20, 2012 -
Russel Rumbaugh, co-director of budgeting for foreign affairs and defense at the Stimson Center, sees the looming sequester as an empty threat. Meanwhile, DoD and the administration move forward with significant cuts in spending.
January 19, 2012 -
Every day that passes brings your agency a bit closer to automatic spending cuts under sequestration. If Congress can\'t figure something else out, the process of reducing spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years will start, with the 2013 budget. But any deal to avoid sequestration probably won\'t happen anytime before the election, said Erik Wasson, reporter for the Hill newspaper
January 18, 2012 -
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, says a deal is likely, though it may not come until after the November election.
January 17, 2012 -
The President and the Pentagon gave the rough outlines Thursday for how they plan to create a lean, but still effective military. Ground forces will shrink, capabilities in cyber, ISR, technology will grow.
January 06, 2012 -
Amid the partisan wrangling, near shutdowns and crises averted 2011 saw serious proposals to reduce the federal workforce, rework its benefits and retirement structures and lock in stagnant pay rates for another year or two. Here\'s what to look for in 2012.
January 04, 2012