The Department of Defense (DoD) is grappling with escalating challenges that require innovative solutions, yet ongoing reliance on continuing resolutions (CR) for short-term funding and Congress’ failure to deliver timely budgets are hindering progress, according to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. […]
While it’s better to have short-term Federal government funding than to have none at all, a broad swath of Federal IT experts told MeriTalk this week that shorter-term congressional funding crimps agencies’ efforts to modernize their IT infrastructure and applications. […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted today to advance the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Defense Appropriations Bill, paving the way for a full Senate vote on the funding measure designed to enhance national security, devote more funding to several hot-button tech areas, and provide servicemembers with a pay bump. […]
In its annual circular dealing with the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Federal government budget, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said that agencies should plan for a 3 percent pay raise for civilian employees in January 2026. […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on July 25 to approve its version of the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025, with some sizable year-over-year increases for science and technology spending. […]
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday voted 33 – 26 to advance its homeland security spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025, slashing President Biden’s budget requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]
Further funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has fallen completely off the radar of House appropriators, who did not include any mention of the program in their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. […]
The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today advanced a spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025 which cuts down on the Biden administration’s requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]
The chair of a key Senate committee expressed support this week for the Biden administration’s proposal to increase Federal funding to advance artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and other emerging technologies, along with boosting support for the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Science. […]
The failure of Congress to approve a timely budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 – and the impact of further budget restrictions expected for FY2025 – has forced NASA to make some tough choices including letting go some of its valuable human talent, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told lawmakers on April 30. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is slated to receive $2.8 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024 under a government funding package lawmakers unveiled on Thursday – marking a more than $34 million cut from the FY2023 level and leaving some key cybersecurity programs funded at sharp discounts to amounts the White House proposed. […]
The White House and leaders from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill said today they have reached an agreement on funding amounts for the remaining six appropriations bills that will provide money for the Federal government to operate through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2024 which ends on Sept. 30. […]
The Biden-Harris administration on March 11 submitted to Congress its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request of $849.8 billion for the Defense Department (DoD), with integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building upon the military’s enduring advantages as top-line items. […]
Congress’s failure to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget has hindered the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission in national defense and global security, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters today during a live Pentagon press briefing. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in line to receive modest funding to boost IT and citizen experience modernization efforts in fiscal year (FY) 2024 under the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill released by the Senate and House Appropriations committees on Sunday. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to get a $1.255 billion boost in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget, according to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies FY2024 appropriations bill released on Sunday by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. […]
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday, boosting to over $8 billion the budget for the Energy Department’s (DoE) Office of Science which is responsible for overseeing programs funded by the CHIPS and Science Act, among others. […]
The Department of Commerce (DoC) and its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are in line for relatively modest top-line spending cuts in fiscal year (FY) 2024 ending Sept. 30 under the FY2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act bill released on Sunday by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. […]
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday including a bill that provides over $6 billion in IT funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with a cut in the White House’s request for money to fund VA’s electronic health records program. […]
President Biden signed another short-term spending measure into law on Friday, avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend and keeping one set of Federal agencies operating through March 8 and another through March 22. […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said today he is “very optimistic” that Congress will come to an agreement this week that avoids a partial Federal government shutdown when funding for several government agencies runs out on March 1. […]
The Senate and House both voted Thursday afternoon to approve legislation that would provide Federal government funding at fiscal year (FY) 2023 levels through early March, and prevent a partial shutdown of government operations when current funding is set to expire at midnight on Friday. […]
House and Senate leadership over the weekend endorsed legislation that would extend Federal government funding through early March and avert a partial government shutdown that will begin on Friday night absent further action by legislators. […]
Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill said on Sunday they reached agreement on top-line Federal government funding levels for fiscal year 2024, and the White House voiced its support for that agreement. […]
The Federal government will remain funded at fiscal year 2023 – which ended on Sept. 30 – levels through later in January 2024 after the Senate voted late Wednesday by an 87-11 margin to approve a continuing resolution funding bill. […]
The 11th hour approval on Saturday night of a continuing resolution (CR) to fund Federal government operations beyond the end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 on Sept. 30 gives the government another 45 days of funding – and Congress the same period to work on legislation for FY2024 appropriations or confront another possible shutdown. […]
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., introduced new legislation this week that aims to prevent government shutdowns and the burdens they cause for Federal employees, government contractors, and Americans who rely on government services. […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Defense and Homeland Security appropriations bills, passing all twelve appropriation bills out of the committee before Congress goes on its August break starting tomorrow. […]
When the House Appropriations Committee voted on June 22 to approve the fiscal year (FY) 2024 energy and defense bills, amendments on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from Democratic lawmakers went nowhere – showing a clear partisan divide on the importance of those areas. […]
The Senate late on June 1 voted to approve the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which would increase the national debt limit through early 2025 and avoid the government hitting its borrowing limit early next week. […]