Budget Battles
THE DOWNSIZING REPORT
Like travelers caught and slowly chopped to fit the Greek villain Procrustes' iron bed, agencies have been set upon by Congress and cut bit by bit to fit Republicans' unyielding vision of smaller government. Erratic and reduced appropriations and drastic deficit-cutting plans seem to be achieving, slice by slice, many of the cutbacks Republicans set out last year to accomplish with a single blow of the downsizing sword.
from The Cutting Edge, March 1996
GOPers Target DOE Again (May 1997)
Some House Republicans believe a plan to eliminate the Department of Energy may get a closer look from some of their colleagues in light of the balanced budget agreement.
The FY 1998 Budget Battle Begins (Feb./Mar. 1997)
Follow the first rounds of the fiscal 1998 budget battle with Government Executive's on-line coverage.
Balancing Act (January 1997)
An improved economic and political outlook may make budget director Franklin Raines' job--and life for federal agencies--a little easier in 1997.
Will Feds Pay Price of Cuts? (October 1996)
Balancing the budget will mean fewer dollars to run the federal government.
Stretching the Dime (August 1996)
Faced with shortages of appropriated funds, agencies have been scrambling to make appropriations stretch further and to find new sources of money and manpower.
The Cutting Edge (March 1996)
Congressional Republicans may not have succeeded in eliminating entire Cabinet departments, but they have inflicted a thousand appropriations slices that have left many agencies bleeding.
Koskinen: Invest Now or Pay Later (February 1996)
OMB Deputy Director John Koskinen warns that short-term cuts can add up to long-term mistakes.
The Budget Endgame (September 1995)
This year's extraordinary budget drama will rivet the attention of federal managers as the fate of their programs-and jobs-is debated in the weeks to come.
Skating on the Hard Freeze (February 1994)
President Clinton's new budget reveals just how tightly spending caps and deficit fervor have squeezed agencies' programs, staffing and operating accounts.
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