The House Appropriations Committee approved its part of the Economic Stimulus package on Wednesday, January 21. The total amount approved by the Committee was $358.1 B in discretionary spending that is in its jurisdiction.
The House Democratic leadership would like to move the entire Stimulus package totaling $825 B to a floor vote by next Wednesday, January 28. Two other House committees have to approve their parts of the Bill.
It’s still uncertain when Congress will finish the work on the remaining FY 2009 Appropriations Bills which are needed to fund much of the Federal Government beyond March 6, when the current Continuing Resolution expires. Only three FY 2009 Appropriations Bills were completed and signed into law in 2008 — Defense, Military Construction-VA and Homeland Security. Before Congress adjourned for the year, it passed a stop-gap Continuing Resolution to fund the rest of the Federal agencies in the nine remaining Appropriations Bills. The CR expires March 6.
Posted by: Camille Auspitz
in Policy & Legislation on Jan 09, 2008
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This report is the first result of our “Keeping It Real” research. It analyzes, for realism and innovation, eight Presidential front-runners’ proposals on five issues critical to America’s continued success and prosperity. It concludes that many of the presidential candidates’ promises are laudable, but that the federal government and the industry that supports it can not deliver on those promises in the timeframe Americans expect without major changes in the way we do business.
Originally posted by Bruce McConnell on governmentfutures.com in 2008.The research was presented January 8, 2008 at the
Consumer Electronics Show Government Conference in Las Vegas.
This report is the first result of our “Keeping It Real” research. It analyzes, for realism and innovation, eight Presidential front-runners’ proposals on five issues critical to America’s continued success and prosperity. It concludes that many of the presidential candidates’ promises are laudable, but that the federal government and the industry that supports it can not deliver on those promises in the timeframe Americans expect without major changes in the way we do business. The research was presented January 8, 2008 at the
Consumer Electronics Show Government Conference in Las Vegas.
Originally posted by Bruce McConnell on governmentfutures.com in 2008.
Government Futures warns that, in its zeal to correct perceived ethics and contracting abuses, the incoming Congress could create an unintended consequence of harming the ability of federal agencies to perform their missions. However, there are many useful and needed changes that would make good use of the reform energy that brought this Congress to Washington. Industry and agency leaders should seize on the opportunity of a new Congress to effect essential improvements in government IT buying and management practices.
Originally posted by Bruce McConnell on governmentfutures.com in 2006.
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