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  Readers of this article should also take note that the former CIA Executive Director, Dusty Foggo's trial is to commence the day before Election Day--delayed so as not to sway the election's results.

  Consider that before being # 3 at CIA Foggo was head of procurement for the Middle East in CIA German HQ. He had a lot of input on budgeting. Also, consider that Foggo was linked to Russia by 8/06 by the press which means those and he was linked to in 2 branches of government had a pro-Russian agenda. His indictments came from the Randy Cunningham corruption scandal and Foggo originally was indicted with a contractor who bribed Cunningham and was under investigation for bribing many other appropriators in Congress.

  When Foggo is tried...this will not be an ordinary transition for any new president-elect! None of the candidates have any inkling of what will explode during the Foggo trial and how little of how government operates today is how any of the candidates will want it to operate when they take office. For example, every federal credentialing program will be shutdown as a result of evidence heard during the Foggo trial. We all know Bush fired Goss for having hired Foggo, so OMB's Nussle knows this, too!

  Dawn Dippell Posted April 17, 2008 1:01 PM
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  How silly! We all KNOW that every agency is going to have to do the work to submit an annual budget. This is just going to delay the 2010 budget process and we will all be operating 6 months behind. Hmmm, I wonder if that is the point????

  Phyl the Fed Posted April 15, 2008 8:34 AM
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  Kind of late for this since many agencies have already started Spring Call. Is this really a huge deal with what is now the repeated process of continuing resolutions and flat line budgets? It is good they are moving to a database format which will allow for consistency in carry overs. It will be interesting how agencies with "no year money" are programmed into this system.

  VS Posted April 15, 2008 7:38 AM
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  They probably don't plan on anythign for 2009 either even though its supposed to be done by the time the new pres takes office

  Chuck Posted April 14, 2008 3:39 PM
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  And to think that we just finished up a major effort getting our 2010 budget requests together. I guess that effort was wasted. Someone should have told our management long before now! LMAO.

  Federal Employee Posted April 14, 2008 1:55 PM
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  actually, this is GOOD NEWS and intelligent thinking for a change. most agencies go through all kinds of conniptions producing a budget at the change of administrations, with the *full knowledge* that this is all going to be wasted effort. what had been the prior adminstration's priorities are not likely to be the same as the new incoming group's ideas and preferences. so this has the potential to actually save some wear, tear and burned midnight oil on the part of those department staffers tasked with creating the budget submission. few others are likely to ever even notice any difference in the long run, but i'm sure THEY will appreciate not having to jump through hoops for a completely wasted effort.

  lachesis Posted April 14, 2008 1:25 PM
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  Its no big deal Congress hasn;t passed a budget on time in years and they usually get approved in Jan a full 3 months after the FY begins.

  Dan ketter Posted April 14, 2008 11:22 AM
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  Our agency will plan anyways... assuming "anything can happen."

  Ken Posted April 14, 2008 9:58 AM
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  Maybe I'm not understanding this, but doesn't Congress approve a budget every year, desite five year projections? I think it will create problems for Congress and the agencies during the first year of the new President's term. When have agencies had VERY GOOD baseline information as commented by Alice Rivlin in the article? If you've prepared budgets before, you know some of it is swag, some solid info and most mixed.

  ef Posted April 14, 2008 8:06 AM
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  Won't this screw up planning for a most agencies? Push things back? Should I be outraged?

  Sammy Posted April 11, 2008 5:36 PM
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  Bush and Congress have switched government and agency budgets to five years anyway, so why worry about next year?

  de Posted April 11, 2008 10:53 AM