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May 26, 2017 By AMK

Tight budgets bring a silver lining

For years, the question of when the government might return to “regular order” – that is, a “normal” process in which appropriations are essentially completed by the end of September — has been a prominent one.

Agency leaders, industry, and others, have continually and appropriately harped on the deleterious impacts of the funding yo-yo that has dominated the scene for far too long.

And if there was one thing many hoped for as a result of having one party in control of both the White House and Congress, it was a return to regular order.

Well, it’s probably not going to happen. As virtually all recent reports have indicated, the budget debate within the parties, let alone between the parties, remains fierce and the chances of getting a full year fiscal 2018 funding bill by Sept. 30th are slim indeed.

President Trump’s budget blueprint – the “skinny budget” — generated plenty of debate; the release of his full proposed budget will only turn up the heat further.  No  budget resolutions have yet been proposed, let alone passed, and no spending instructions given to the appropriations committees.

Keep reading this article at: https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2017/05/22/insights-soloway-budget-silverlining.aspx

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: appropriations, budget, budget cuts, sequestration, spending reduction

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