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Continuing resolutions. Sequestration. Furloughs. We are all being inundated with the gloom and doom of what's next in government. No matter what budget Congress enacts to extend the CR set to expire Sept.
For federal employees and those following the government, it's rare if the conversation these days doesn't turn at some point to the budget and sequestration.
Federal agencies are in the throes managing more than $85 billion in cuts for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The choices are not easy, but some are more visible than others.
The debate over federal pay hinges on one commonly accepted premise: The pay of a federal employee and an employee of a commercial entity doing highly similar work should be highly similar.
On May 16, the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton released a report, 'The Biggest Bang Theory,' which discusses strategies to attract specialists in the STEMM professions: science, technology, engineering, math and medicine.
The costs agencies ascribe to federal pensions, when they are comparing whether it is more efficient to perform commercial-like work in-house or to outsource it to a contractor, have been understated significantly for decades.
First, let me say these are my views only, not my employer's.
I entered public service under unorthodox circumstances, after a tragedy hit in my hometown of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
More than 35 years ago, as a newly minted law school graduate, I moved from my hometown of New York City to Washington to take a job at the Justice Department.
No one can forget the image released a year ago of a government executive holding a champagne glass in toast while sitting in a Las Vegas hot tub — paid for with federal dollars. Congressional leaders were rightfully indignant and called for a halt to such events. However, taxpayer costs for government acquisition may now be increasing as a result of overreach policies implemented since then.
In the aftermath of sequestration, it’s clear that significant budget cuts are inevitable for agencies and programs throughout government. Already, procurements of complex equipment have been reduced or cut; support contracts have been negotiated more aggressively — and, in many cases, cut back or canceled.
