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Sequestration treadmill picking up steam across DoD
The automatic budget cuts set to occur under sequestration will go into effect as a matter of law on Friday. But their full impact won't be felt until late this spring, long after lawmakers encounter the next budget showdown.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , OMB , budget , Karen Dyson , Curt Rauhut , Mark Welsh , James Amos , Jared Serbu , Air Force , Marine Corps , Army , service contracts
Tracking the 2013 Budget
Congress has made quick work, so far, of the 12 annual bills setting agency spending for fiscal 2013. Over the past few months, the House Appropriations Committee has approved 10 of the bills, and the full House has OK'd five of them. The full Senate has approved no appropriations bill so far this year, however the committee has reported out eight bills.
Tags: budget , House , Senate , appropriations , Senate Appropriations Committee , Jack Moore
President signs continuing resolution, extends pay freeze
President Barack Obama signed a continuing resolution Friday to fund government operations through March 27, 2013. The legislation represents a 0.6 percent across-the-board increase above fiscal 2012 levels. It also extends the federal pay freeze.
Tags: budget , continuing resolution , pay freeze , Federal Drive , Colleen Kelley , Hal Rogers , Barack Obama , Congress
White House threatens to veto spending bills over pay freeze, cuts
The White House has threatened to veto two key House spending bills because of severe spending cuts at some agencies as well as federal pay and workforce provisions. In statements of administration policy, the Office of Management and Budget said appropriations bills for both Financial Services and General Government and the Defense Department stray from previously agreed to budgetary caps
Tags: White House , DoD , budget , OMB ,
House committee remains mum on federal pay raises
The Financial Services and General Government spending bill seeks to cut $2 billion from the president's request. The bill says nothing about granting feds a pay raise in 2013. The House committee follows the lead of Senate appropriators, which also remained silent on the issue.
Tags: budget , management , pay and benefits , OMB , SEC , IRS , GSA , Senate Appropriations Committee , Congress , Jo Ann Emerson , Norman Dicks , Ruben Gomez , pay raise
House Homeland Security bill denies civilian pay raise
The White House has threatened to veto a House bill providing funding for the Homeland Security Department, taking issue with many of the bill's provisions, including a denial of a civilian pay raise. The committee bill also doesn't include any new funding for the agency's data-center consolidation efforts or construction for its new headquarters.
Tags: House , Congress , budget , DHS , pay and benefits , pay freeze , cybersecurity , Einstein , St. Elizabeth
House passes 2013 funding for Commerce, Justice
The House approved the first spending bill for 2013, setting operating budgets for the Commerce and Justice Departments and for science-related agencies, such as NASA.
Tags: Congress , House , budget , Commerce , Justice , FBI , NIST , Census , NOAA
Proposed cybersecurity funding less than DHS asked for
The Department of Homeland Security would receive 63 percent more money in fiscal 2013 under the bill. That would add roughly $300 million more dollars to the cyber budget, which is just $20 million shy of the agency's request.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , DHS , Congress , House
DHS struggles to balance mission costs with new facilities
The agency's headquarters and new bio and agro defense facility are limping along as funding dwindles. DHS' Rafael Borras said new headquarter's projects will be done in segments. Tara O'Toole, who leads the Science and Technology Directorate, said severe budget cuts are one the reasons a new biosafety facility is far from finished.
Tags: management , DHS , Rafael Borras , Robert Aderholt , St. Elizabeths Hospital , St. Elizabeths campus , budget , Jason Miller , GSA
E-gov fund gets boost in spending bill
The latest version of the minibus spending bill for fiscal 2012 includes a $4.4 million increase for the E-Government Fund.
Tags: OMB , budget , Congress , House , E-Government Fund , open government , Gavin Baker , OMB Watch , GSA , A-76 , Jason Miller
