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Management
Senate misses deadline but averts shutdown after passing $1.2T funding package
Appropriations technically expired but shutdown procedures never commenced, with all agencies now funded through September.
Management
Here are the 9 biggest agency and program reforms in the final FY24 spending package
Lawmakers have until the end of the day Friday to move the second "minibus" of the fiscal year to avoid a shutdown.
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Management
Congress, White House lock in a funding deal but face a tight timeline to avert shutdown
Appropriators are racing to finalize the text of the six-bill package.
Workforce
More than 600K federal employees are facing furloughs this week
Congress and the White House are still negotiating over a funding plan as they face a partial shutdown deadline on Friday.
Management
Biden seeks more than $500M for customer experience in 2025 budget
New digital service teams and a focus on the "voice of the customer" are among the CX funding requests in the FY2025 budget request.
Management
Biden proposes 'historic new program' to address child care shortages
In his budget, the president is asking Congress for more money for child care and the restoration of several pandemic-era programs, including the full child care tax expansion.
Workforce
These agencies would make the biggest workforce gains in Biden's scaled back 2025 budget
Several agencies have particularly ambitious growth plans, while some are surprisingly seeking cuts.
Management
Pentagon budget request aims to balance congressional limits, foreign needs, and innovation
“This should be the wake-up call that tells us we need to be buying different stuff,” one expert said.
Tech
Biden's $1.67 trillion budget boosts tech, AI
The Biden administration’s FY2025 budget request provides agencies with $3 billion “to responsibly develop, test, procure and integrate transformative AI applications across the federal government.”
Management
The 9 most significant agency and program reforms in Biden's budget
See how the president is prioritizing his proposed budget increases at nearly every agency in government.
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Management
Biden’s FY25 budget tops $7.3 trillion with increases for defense, agriculture
The president’s budget request emphasized ongoing climate-based initiatives but leaned into gains for the Agriculture, Defense, Education, Energy and other departments.
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Pay & Benefits
Biden proposes 2% raise for feds in 2025 budget
Following multiple years of multi-decade record pay increases, the White House cited “fiscal constraints” facing agencies to justify smaller raises next year.
Management
Congress averts shutdown, locks in some agency cuts as Senate backs funding package
Lawmakers now face a March 22 shutdown deadline for the rest of government.
Management
2 days before a shutdown, House sends $460B spending package to Senate
The measure, which would require small spending cuts at many agencies, heads to the Senate.
Management
VA budget bill maintains EHR funding but imposes additional ‘reset’ oversight
The bipartisan FY24 budget package allocates over $1.3 billion for the agency’s new electronic health record system but makes 25% of that funding contingent on enhanced transparency around VA’s ongoing EHR “program reset.”
Management
These are the 8 biggest agency and program reforms in the first FY24 spending bill
Lawmakers include budget cuts, hiring initiatives and new priorities in first of two appropriations packages.
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Management
Congress passes stopgap funding bill, delaying shutdown threat by one week
Congress hopes to begin voting on full-year appropriations next week.
Management
Congress reaches fiscal 2024 funding deal, new stopgaps in hopes of averting shutdown
Lawmakers must act in a hastened and united fashion to pass the new CR before funding expires this week.
Management
75,000 federal employees are facing furloughs this week
See who would be sent home if the government shuts down late Friday evening.
Management
Budget impasse freezes two Space Force efforts, leaders say
This year’s spending caps will boost future costs, acting Air Force undersecretary adds.
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