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DHS, DoD asking OMB for sequestration reprogramming authority
Homeland Security, Defense and USDA are asking the Office of Management and Budget for the ability to reprogram agency funds to soften the blow of sequestration. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the agency must cut $3 billion by Sept. 30 and every mission, contract and person will be impacted in some way. She said the Coast Guard already is feeling the impact of the cuts in mission areas.
Tags: DHS , Janet Napolitano , DoD , Labor , Jon Etherton , Etherton and Associates , Coalition for Government Procurement , House Homeland Security Committee , cybersecurity , St. Elizabeths , DHS headquarters , workforce , Jason Miller , sequestration
Sequestration already taking toll on DoD's research and development
Defense agencies and services are pulling back hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants and contracts. Impending furloughs will further impair DoD's ability to get money out the door.
Tags: DoD , Congress , science and technology , sequestration , DARPA , Matthew Klunder , Alan Shaffer , Arati Prabhakar , Jared Serbu , House Armed Services Committee , research and development
NOAA plans for 4 furlough days, begins talking to unions
Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.
Tags: NOAA , NWS , Commerce Department , furlough , sequestration , Ciaran Clayton , Michael OConnell , Kathryn Sullivan
Smithsonian to close galleries due to budget cuts
Tags: Smithsonian , Wayne Clough , sequestration , National Archives
2014 budget takes center stage on Capitol Hill
With the release of the White House's 2014 budget proposal last week, budget season on Capitol Hill is in full swing. But while Congress will be debating the merits of the President's budget plan via a flurry of congressional hearings this week, the permanent director's chair at the Office of Management and Budget remains vacant.
Tags: Sylvia Burwell , OMB , Jack Moore , House Appropriations Committee , Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
DoD's 2014 budget: Fewer civilians, higher retiree health fees
The Defense Department's 2014 budget proposal reduces the size of the civilian workforce slightly, increases TRICARE premiums, and requests another round of base closures. It also calls for a slight raise for both civilian employees and uniformed servicemembers. The budget significantly exceeds the Defense spending caps in current law.
Tags: DoD , 2014 budget , pay raise , TRICARE , retirement
White House pushes $2B increase in IT spending
The White House asked Congress for a $2 billion increase in federal technology funding for fiscal 2014. Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel said there is broad recognition that the time to invest in IT is now because of the long-term savings and benefits it can bring.
Tags: technology , 2014 budget , OMB , White House , IT spending , Steven VanRoekel , Jason Miller
Hagel: Job not to cut heart out of Pentagon
Tags: Chuck Hagel , Martin Dempsey , DoD , Congress
Officials: Pentagon looks to cut furlough days
Defense Department officials said Thursday they were considering reducing the number of furlough days for their civilian employees from 14 to seven.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , furlough
Feds in Survivor Island mode
President Barack Obama wants to make federal service cool again. But his budget proposals, which would reduce future retirement benefits and force feds to pay more for them, has a lot of current civil servants hot under the collar, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , workforce , 2014 budget , COLA , retirement
