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Congress resets the Countdown to Shutdown
The Senate has sent a stopgap spending bill to President Barack Obama that's needed to prevent a government shutdown. Negotiators in the lame-duck Congress now have two more weeks to try to pass a bill funding the government through September 30. Chuck Marr, with the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, explains what's next.
Tags: Federal Drive , Congress , FY 2011 budget , Chuck Marr , Center for Budget and Policy Priorities , Suzanne Kubota
House votes to avert government shutdown
Congress is trying to extend the current CR for another two weeks.
Tags: Congress , budget , Reuters , Jolie Lee
Freezes, furloughs and funding on the Hill
Congress is working to make decisions on three huge issues that affect federal employees: the proposed pay freeze, workforce reductions, and agency funding. The Hill's Ian Swanson runs it down for us.
Tags: Federal Drive , The Hill , Congress , lame duck , Ian Swanson , pay and benefits , pay freeze , pay debate , furloughs
Budget battle: Omnibus or another CR?
Congress has one week left before the Lame Duck session is set to end. Molly Hooper, a congressional reporter with The Hill brings us the latest.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Congress , omnibus spending bill , The Hill , Molly Hooper , lame duck session
Hopes for an omnibus dim after elections
Democratic insiders question if anything more than a stopgap spending measure and temporary extension of Bush-era tax cuts can pass. The Hill's Molly Hooper brings us the latest.
Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2011 budget , appropriations , omnibus spending , The Hill , Congress , Molly Hooper , Suzanne Kubota , hiring freeze , pay and benefits , furlough , shutdown ,
Financial management systems in need of upgrade
Bob Tobias, director of public sector executive education at American University, argues for the upgrade and investment in the federal government's financial management systems and points out the reasons those changes aren't happening.
Tags: Bob Tobias , American University , management , budget , financial management systems , Francis Rose , In Depth , technology
Will the continuing resolution continue?
Last week, Congress skipped town to head home and hit the campaign trail. It seems they left a bit of unfinished business. We talk with Jim Horney with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about funding YOUR agency.
Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2011 , Jim Horney , agency funding
Obama signs continuing resolution
President Obama has signed into law, H.R. 3081, which will keep the government operating through December 3, 2010.
Tags: stopgap funding bill , Congress , pay and benefits , Jack Lew , Mary Landrieu , President Obama , Politico , OMB Watch , OMB , recess appointment
Continuing resolution continues on the Hill
The Senate is moving ahead with a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at week's end. The continuing resolution easily cleared its first hurdle by an 83 to 15 vote Tuesday. The Hill's Vicki Needham tells us what has to happen before tomorrow at midnight.
Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2011 budget , Congress , The Hill , Vicki Needham
How to work under a CR
How much can you spend on new projects next year? How can you function until then? We get dos and don'ts from John Palguta with the Partnership for Public Service
Tags: Federal Drive , management , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , CR , FY 2011 budget , Suzanne Kubota
