Shanahan: We’re preparing two budgets

Budget

State Department bureau to get funding bump by absorbing cyber envoy’s duties

Most of the United States’ special envoys will be abolished and their responsibilities reassigned as part of the State Department overhaul, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress on Monday, including moving the cybersecurity office under the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
Interview: David Norquist, Pentagon comptroller/CFO, sets sights on 2019

Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist sat down with Defense News for an Aug. 23 interview.
Contractors should prepare now for government shutdown, debt ceiling breach

To help contractors understand and prepare for the possibility of government shutdown and debt ceiling breach, David Berteau, John Cooney, and Alan Chvotkin spoke during the Professional Services Council Webinar entitled “Government Shutdown? Debt Ceiling Breach? Are You Prepared?”
Postal Service: More red ink, missed payments as mail slumps

The U.S. Postal Service is warning that it will likely default on up to $6.9 billion in payments for future retiree health benefits for the fifth straight year. It is citing a coming cash crunch that could disrupt day-to-day mail delivery.