Special Reports
The Fiscal 2009 Budget
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President Bush has sent Congress a $3.1 trillion spending blueprint -- the largest in the nation's history. Below are links to Government Executive's ongoing coverage of Bush's proposals for spending increases and reductions, and the prospects for his plan on Capitol Hill. |
RECENT NEWS STORIES
- Pay disparities hamper efforts to deploy civilians to war zones (05/01/08)
Report finds both real and perceived differences in compensation among agencies that have sent employees to Iraq and Afghanistan. - Boeing presses Congress to have Navy buy more Super Hornets (04/29/08)
Efforts could set up a clash with Joint Strike Fighter program advocates. - House chairman wants civilian agencies to play larger role in Iraq (04/29/08)
Ike Skelton, D-Mo., plans to insert language into the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill requiring more cooperation. - House chairman opposes Navy bid for smaller carrier fleet (04/25/08)
Lawmakers have raised concerns that the Navy is trying to skirt a provision that requires the service to maintain at least 11 carriers. - FBI releases details of expansive data-sharing program (04/23/08)
Software will identify criminal activity hotspots, offer mapping and conduct threat level assessments. - FDA chief defends agency's work before House panel (04/22/08)
Administrator says foreign-inspection system would not have prevented the recent heparin contamination. - House committee presses State and Defense officials on lack of coordination on nation building (04/17/08)
'Holistic strategies' needed to fight terrorism and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmaker says. - Private tax collectors under fire by House appropriators (04/15/08)
Legislation aimed at halting IRS debt-collecting program is pending now and has failed in the past. - Defense corporations urge increase in weapons investment (04/15/08)
A bigger budget is needed to maintain the U.S. military's technological edge, industry report says. - EPA is missing in action on major environmental issues, observers charge (04/14/08)
The White House is widely perceived by critics to be running roughshod over agency scientists and lawyers on policy. - VA's chief information officer makes pitch for more funding (04/04/08)
Despite strides made, official tells lawmakers that challenges still remain. - Homeland Security pushes for reauthorization of electronic verification program (04/04/08)
Voluntary federal program allows employers to check the legal status of new workers and is viewed by the administration as critical to immigration overhaul. - National Reconnaissance Office cancels contracts for proposed space radar project (04/04/08)
Development has been wrought with cost concerns, schedule delays and technological problems. - OPM touts success of new electronic retirement system (04/03/08)
Under RetireEZ, 34 retirees received an accurate annuity payment within 30 days, agency says. - Congress still pigging out on pork-barrel projects: watchdog group (04/02/08)
Fruit fly research, lobster exploration among projects flagged as wasteful in latest 'Pig Book.' - General sees funding need for sea-based missile defenses (04/01/08)
Missile Defense Agency chief did not say how much money he would seek to beef up sea-based program and land-mobile interceptors. - FBI director grilled on use of increase in funding level (04/01/08)
House Appropriations Committee has worked to double the agency's budget since 2001. - Focus on outcomes will advance Army health care, surgeon general says (03/28/08)
Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker says shifting focus away from process will improve health care for soldiers and could cut costs. - Agencies still resist outsourcing financial management, expert says (03/26/08)
Some large departments are not embracing the financial management line of business, while most small agencies have outsourced operations. - Patent and Trademark Office budget amendment approved (03/17/08)
Senator says economic benefits are lost when pace of patent approval slows.
