Defense
House Appropriators Take Aim at Some of the Pentagon’s Most Ambitious Tech Ideas
The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans.
Oversight
Democrats Critical of President Trump's Supplemental Budget Request
Letter to House Speaker Pelosi seeks movement of funds for homeland security, moon launch.
Tech
The New Hunt for Moon Money
The Trump administration has asked Congress for more funding to meet a very ambitious deadline.
Defense
CBO: Space Force Could Cost $3B Up Front, $1.3B Annually
The new independent analysis comes as lawmakers weigh the creation of a new branch of the military.
Pay & Benefits
All But Three Cabinet-Level Departments Have Shed Jobs Under Trump
Agencies say they are now trying to reverse that trend.
Oversight
Another Grim Warning to Congress and Agencies: Your Fiscal Path Is 'Unsustainable'
GAO blames tax cuts and omnibus spending packages for rising debt and deficits.
Pay & Benefits
House Budget Plan Preserves Feds’ Retirement Programs
If approved, the resolution would set up a fight with the Senate over whether to implement the Trump administration’s plans to cut federal employee pensions.
Oversight
House Democrats Attack Interior’s 'Ill-Advised' Reorg Plan
Geological survey chief defends efficiencies that "make it easier to do business."
Management
EPA Chief Admits That Brain Drain Puts Agency at 'Critical Juncture'
Wheeler defends Trump budget cuts that lawmakers of both parties resist.
Pay & Benefits
Trump's Top Budget Official Defends 2020 Pay Freeze to Congress
OMB chief pledges to work with agencies to develop performance and mission-based pay plans.
Management
Trump Administration Outlines How the OPM-GSA Merger Would Work
The White House plans to move the portions it can transfer administratively this year, while retirement and health care offices will have to wait until 2020 and for legislation.
Management
Science and Environmental Spending Make Conspicuous Targets in Trump Budget
Leader of key academic group says plan "would derail our nation’s science enterprise."
Management
Trump Administration Looks to Upend Collective Bargaining in Budget Proposal
Fiscal 2020 budget request seeks legislation to codify overturned elements of President Trump’s 2018 executive orders and expand control of labor-management issues.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Would Get Less Leave Under Trump’s 2020 Budget
Combining sick leave and vacation time would provide "maximum flexibility," the White House says.
Pay & Benefits
Trump's Budget Proposes Staffing Increases at All But 2 Cabinet-Level Agencies
Agency-by-agency job gains (or losses) under the White House’s 2020 request.
Defense
Lawmakers Question Pentagon’s Use of ‘Slush Fund’ to Skirt Budget Caps
Almost one-quarter of the 2020 defense budget is in OCO. That's sure to come up when Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testifies on Thursday.
Management
IRS Budget Would Rise Slightly As Agency Manages New Tax Law
New numbers show controversial private debt collection brings in cash.
Pay & Benefits
'A Blueprint for How to Ruin the Civil Service'
Unions and management groups alike decry President Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal to severely cut federal employee retirement programs and freeze pay.
Defense
Here’s What We Know About the Pentagon’s 2020 Budget Request
Money to extend border barriers and lavish use of the war fund are already drawing bipartisan fire.
Oversight