The U.S. Air Force is asking its acquisition managers to implement programs in the same manner that they executed plans under the 2013 sequestration amid a new federal spending agreement, Federal News
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Three Republican lawmakers have called on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to approve a proposal to keep federal spending for fiscal year 2014 at $967 billion,
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The General Services Administration has achieved more than $600 million in savings from its Networx contract vehicle, FedScoop reported Friday. Colby Hochmuth writes that under the program, the agency seeks to offer
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Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale told a conference in Washington Thursday he is hoping for temporary relief from sequestration as lawmakers deliberate on the federal budget, Defense One reported Thursday. Charles S. Clark writes
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A Senate panel has approved a bill that would require federal agencies to standardize and report spending in a push for greater transparency, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Joseph Marks writes the Digital Accountability
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, has urged lawmakers to patch up an agreement on the defense budget by Thanksgiving to avoid another shutdown, Military Times reported Tuesday.
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The government’s healthcare spending has slowed in past years but is still predicted to overtake the country’s economic output, a new Congressional Budget Office report says. According to the nonpartisan analyst’s “2013 Long-Term
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The House Appropriations Committee has included a 5 percent increase in defense spending for fiscal year 2014 as part of the panel’s $967 billion budget blueprint, Federal Times reported Sunday. Sean Reilly
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George Mason University economics professor Stephen Fuller has said that sequestration’s impact may not be as severe as he predicted, according to a Washington Business Journal article. Bryant Ruiz Switzky writes that Fuller
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Executive branch agencies spent an estimated $11.4 billion on classified information systems and programs in fiscal year 2011, Federal Times reports. According to writer Sean Reilly, that marks a 12 percent increase
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