Federal agencies will aim to cut in half the window in which small business contractors get paid, the White House announced Thursday. Current policy states that contractors must be paid within 30
MoreRegulations adopted last year by the Federal Communications Commission on open internet, or net neutrality, will be officially published soon. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget signed off on the
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An additional $4.6 billion is needed for the disaster relief fund for fiscal year 2012, according to a White House budget request released Friday. Kenneth Baer, a White House senior adviser, said
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An estimated $1.5 billion in disaster relief will be needed through fiscal year 2012 to help families and communities affected by Hurricane Irene, the White House’s top budget adviser said Monday. Jack
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The Office of Management and Budget released its mid-year review Thursday, lowering this year’s projected deficit to $1.316 trillion, a 20 percent drop from the $1.645 trillion deficit projected in February. According
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After much fanfare and speculation, the Office of Management and Budget has launched its new online dashboard to publicly show agency performance management. Performance.gov went live Thursday and is now open to
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order Thursday mandating federal agencies develop plans for improving diversity in the federal workforce. The order directs the director of the Office of Personnel Management, a
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Federal agencies should plan 2013 budgets that are at least 10 percent below discretionary spending levels for 2011, the Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday. OMB Director Jack Lew issued the
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A freeze on new federal websites will continue through the remainder of this calendar year, said a memo on behalf of new federal chief information officer Steven VanRoekel. The freeze is part
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Most federal agencies have not created targets or baselines to measure green IT initiatives, a July 28 Government Accountability Office report says. GreenBiz.com reports the federal government will spend $79 billion this
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