The Agriculture Department moved closer to avoiding furloughs after a Senate panel approved the agency’s request to reprogram funds, according to a Gov Exec article. Kelly Lunney writes the Senate Appropriations Committee
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget announced that the Obama administration was able to save $4 billion for the first six months of 2012, the Washington Post reports. This comes after a
MoreSome agency budgets were dealt cuts while others received increases in the fiscal year 2012 spending deal struck last week. In the mix of ups and downs, contractors came away with more certainty.
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Progress is progress in the Campaign to Cut Waste, according to a White House statement released Tuesday. The administration cut wasteful or improper payments by $17.6 billion in fiscal year 2011, the
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A new multi-disciplinary team will aim to quickly respond to human and animal foodborne illness outbreaks, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network will
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Efforts to protect the nation’s food supply from terrorism have no centralized coordination, according to a Government Accountability Office report. In an 81-page report released Tuesday, GAO said no single agency is
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