As negotiations over a stopgap spending measure have been put on hold because of a Senate recess, the federal government readies itself for a possible early March deep freeze, otherwise known as
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen took the department’s 2012 budget to the House Armed Services Committee defending the $553 billion request
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New voices have entered the fray, calling for Congress to pass a 2011 spending bill instead of a continuing resolution, which would threaten to disrupt the Defense Department’s funding and result in
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For the Defense Department, hammering out the details of the 2012 budget may be easier than figuring out what do for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Defense spending (and all
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It’s that time of the year again. Lawmakers and government officials, who are gathering round the budget-drafting table came prepared with the tool du jour — scissors. Late last week, the House
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has let his voice be heard: Congress’ lollygagging on passing a defense appropriations bill and the threat of a fiscal-year-long continuing resolution is the “crisis on my
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the lack of a defense spending bill and the specter of a year-long continuing resolution is the “crisis on my doorstep.†DoD requested $549 billion, while the
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So, it’s another year. You’re back in the office and, soon, a new Congress will get back to work too, taking up all the issues it left on the table before it
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Amid all the drama surrounding government funding, omnibus spending bills and continuing resolutions and, of course, the holidays last week, you might have missed the cybersecurity provisions that rounded out the lame
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The Office of Management and Budget is directing the Defense Department to trim $78 billion from its budget over the next five years, according to a report on Defense News. The first
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