Budget

Restore Program Performance Data to the President’s Budget

The Trump Administration’s guidance to remove the data from the president’s budget is counterproductive—federal agencies should be increasing their use of performance information to improve results.

  • Shelley H. Metzenbaum and Jed Herrmann

Trump Signs Omnibus Spending and COVID Relief Deal, Averting a Shutdown

The president will send a “redlined version” back to Congress. 

  • Courtney Bublé

GovExec Daily: The Relief Funding and Local Governments

Route Fifty's Bill Lucia joins the podcast to discuss how state, city and municipalities fare in the new stimulus bill.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Trump Blasts COVID Relief Package, Demands Revisions Risking a Shutdown

President asks Congress to dramatically increase the size of stimulus checks.

  • Amelia Gruber

GovExec Daily: The CR and the Possibility of a Shutdown

Eric Katz joins the podcast to discuss the negotiations in Congress before funding runs out.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Fixing America’s Failing Fiscal Health

The United States will soon be deeper in debt than at any point in its history, including World War II and its aftermath.

  • Doug Criscitello

FBI Will Relocate 1,500 Staff to Alabama Next Year

The moves will take place regardless of what the future holds for the bureau’s Washington headquarters.

  • Courtney Bublé

Progressives Mount Assault on Defense Spending Ahead of Stimulus Package, Election

During a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, one Democrat questioned defense firms access to coronavirus stimulus money.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

Lawmakers Seek to Ensure Agencies Comply with Watchdog Review of WHO Funding Halt

They cited the Trump administration’s “history of obstruction.”

  • Courtney Bublé

House Appropriations Bill Keeps Trump’s 1% Raise for Feds, Blocks other White House Priorities

The legislation would prevent the Trump administration from moving forward with its proposed GSA-OPM merger as well as implementation of new union contracts.

  • Erich Wagner

Pandemic Response and Racial Justice Efforts Delay 2021 Spending Process, Increasing Risk of a Shutdown

Bipartisan attempts to avoid a lapse in appropriations this fall hit a snag.

  • Eric Katz

Viewpoint: Wind Down Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac’s Government Conservatorship

The two government-sponsored enterprises represent a giant moral hazard to taxpayers.

  • Thomas Aiello

Pentagon Starts Bailing Out Companies That Have Lost Business Due to Coronavirus

The Defense Department is sending millions of dollars to keep companies afloat, and more deals are expected.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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The Pentagon Can’t Afford All of the Weapons It Wants, New Report Says

Based on projected funding levels, the military will be forced to choose winners and losers among its priority projects.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

Legislation Seeks to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Congress’ Role in Federal Spending

Both parties have “encroached on the power of the purse,” said one senator, but “this has been acutely true under this administration.”

  • Courtney Bublé

Employees Concerned After Agency Threatens Furloughs Over Budget Shortfall

Employees ask Congress to "please bail us out."

  • Eric Katz

How Agencies Can Protect Fee-Funded Programs During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sudden reductions in customer demand is a current risk to many agencies at all levels of government.

  • Aurpon Bhattacharya and Tony Scardino

U.S. Defense Firms Hiring Thousands Amid Record Unemployment  

Pentagon spending on missiles, satellites, and nuclear weapons fuels a production boom, as firms fight off commercial aerospace downturn.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

Global Defense Spending Decline Expected As Nations Deal with Coronavirus 

Experts see domestic projects taking priority over national security in the coming years.

  • Marcus Weisgerber

Military Leaders Ask to Delay Budget Planning To Focus on Coronavirus, Let Staff Stay Home

But the Defense Department's No. 2 told Army, Navy, and Air Force budget planners to figure a different solution.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Katie Bo Williams

Bipartisan Bill Would Make It Easier for the Public to See How Agencies Plan to Spend Their Budgets

House and Senate panels advanced the legislation last week.

  • Courtney Bublé