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WHAT: The March 14 funding deadline is fast approaching, and it is increasingly likely that the federal government may shut down. Although the House narrowly passed a funding bill this week, the Senate has signaled that it...more
On Monday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum (“memo”) directing all federal departments and agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or...more
On Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, the House and Senate advanced the American Relief Act, 2025 (H.R. 10545), a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the federal government until March 14, 2025. The CR also contains a temporary...more
Once again, the specter of a government shutdown looms over the federal contracting community. The federal government is set to run out of funding on December 20 due to an impasse during final negotiations over added...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond September 30 before leaving town to campaign ahead of the November elections....more
On Friday night, the U.S. Senate cleared the Fiscal 2024 Omnibus spending measure for President Biden’s signature. On Saturday morning, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal 2024 Minibus appropriations legislation...more
Federal appropriations are set to expire at midnight (ET) on Saturday, September 30. Unless lawmakers agree to a spending plan before then, much of the federal government will shut down....more
Shutdown Showdown. Rather than hurtling into a federal government shutdown, this week has been more of a slow, gradual, depressing slide into the shutdown, as it became apparent this week that last-minute measures to keep the...more
As of Friday September 29, 2023, the United States Congress has yet to reach a spending agreement, as a result companies with international trade operations should prepare for a potential Federal government shutdown. The...more
The government shutdown clock strikes “zero hour” on September 30, and government contractors and federal fund recipients are once again left wondering what will happen. We have been writing these alerts and client updates...more
Overview - The United States Congress is responsible for appropriating funds for the government. This process begins through the creation of 12 appropriations bills-each determining spending levels for federal agencies and...more
The federal fiscal year for 2024 (FY 2024) begins on Oct. 1, 2023, and if appropriations bills have not been enacted before that date or a temporary funding measure – known as a continuing resolution (CR) – has not been...more
As members of Congress continue to negotiate government spending levels allotted for the next fiscal year, the United States is poised for its fourth partial government shutdown in the last decade—putting at risk the regular...more
The federal government shutdown ended Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, with the enactment of a Continuing Resolution to fund government agencies at approximately FY19 levels through Feb. 15. That means federal employees are headed back...more
As of Saturday, the current federal government shutdown became the longest in our nation’s history—and employers are starting to feel the sting. While the peculiarities of the federal budget process meant that this shutdown...more
The second week of the United States government shutdown is having an increasing effect on various federal agencies. The agencies affected by the lapse in the 2018 Appropriation include the United States Environmental...more
Because Congress and the president could not approve a stopgap funding bill by midnight on December 21, the federal government partially shut down, with no compromise in sight. What will this mean for employers across the...more
If Congress and the president cannot approve a stopgap funding bill by this Friday at midnight, the federal government will shut down. What will this mean for employers across the country? Because of the peculiarities of the...more