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No new metric for border security until 2013
A permanent metric to measure border security may be ready around the start of calendar year 2013, Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher told the House Homeland Security subcommittee on border and maritime security.
Sequestration will result in 12% discretionary drop
If sequestration happens as currently called for by the Budget Control Act, it will result in a real drop of 12.1 percent in discretionary spending compared to the current fiscal year, says the Congressional Research Service in a new report.
CRS, Library of Congress feeling the sting of budget cuts
Tightening budgets at legislative branch agencies are putting a squeeze on the workforce that could impact their ability to fulfill their missions, said officials at an April 18 hearing.
An increasingly-digital FDLP could challenge GPO authorities, says CRS
Much of the Federal Depository Library Program’s content is now available in digital formats through the Government Printing Office’s free, online FDLP Electronic Collection, but GPO may...
GAO, CRS, CBO appropriations cut by omnibus
Several legislative branch agencies will take a budget cut in fiscal 2012. The Government Accountability Office, Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office will see a decrease
Profile of homegrown jihadis elusive
Despite an apparent spike in homegrown jihadist plots or attacks since May 2009, no workable general profile of domestic terrorists inspired by extremist Islam exists, says the Congressional Research
CRS warns of social media abuse during emergency response
Social media has become an integral component of emergency and disaster response efforts, but these sources of emergency information could also be used maliciously, finds a Sept. 6 Congressional
House appropriators encourage GPO privatization
The Government Printing Office is among several components facing major cuts under a legislative branch appropriations bill, H.R. 2551 (.pdf), which moved from the appropriations to Rules Committee
Federal debt obligations outpace federal agency spending, notes CRS
Unless Congress votes soon to raise the current $14.29 billion debt limit, the United States faces the certainty of defaulting on its obligations after midnight of August 2. But even were the
Proposed federal IT spend in fiscal 2012 at least $79.5 billion
The federal government wants to spend $79.5 billion on information technology in fiscal 2012, says the Office of Management and Budget. The amount would add up to a 1.9 percent increase over the
