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The House has included an additional $2.1 billion for the Veterans Choice Program in a continuing resolution, which would extend funding for civilian agencies through Jan. 19, 2018.
Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.
Just days before the expiration of the latest continuing resolution, Navy officials say the last several years of budgeting-by-CR have already wasted $4 billion.
Lawmakers have yet to strike a deal to keep the government open past Dec. 8, leaving federal employees to consider, again, the possibility of a government shutdown.
The Office of Management and Budget submitted an additional $44 billion request for disaster relief spending in fiscal 2018. To help offset new spending, the Trump administration wants Congress to find new offsets at civilian agencies.
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Plenty of proposals exist that suggest significant changes to the federal retirement system. Financial planners say federal employees should hope for the best and plan for the worst.
The House will likely pass a budget resolution that would reform civil service pensions to reduce the federal deficit by $32 billion over 10 years.
The Army says the outcome of two studies shows the need to "pivot" to a new strategy for its tactical network.
The agency that administers the Thrift Savings Plan is getting a big budget boost next year to handle a growing number of enrollees, staff and responsibilities.
Some civilian agencies were spared from deep cuts included in the president's budget request, but the IRS and EPA would see significant reductions.
President Donald Trump authorized a pay raise for civilian and military employees beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
A majority of federal employees who took a Federal News Radio survey said the president's recent threats of a government shutdown had them feeling more concerned than usual.
Backlogs provide evidence of Social Security's crisis as surely as high fever indicates an infection.