Federal Agencies to Receive Audit Into Their PR Spending
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2016/02/federal-agencies-receive-audit-their-pr-spending/126005/ By Eric Katz The Government Accountability Office is launching an investigation to shed a light on a sector of federal agency spending long kept in the shadows: advertising. GAO’s announcement came after some powerful lawmakers have pressed agencies for more disclosure into their spending on public relations and advertising. A 2014 Congressional Research Service report found […]
Federal Agencies to Receive Audit Into Their PR Spending
The Government Accountability Office is launching an investigation to shed a light on a sector of federal agency spending long kept in the shadows: advertising.
President’s FY 2017 Budget – National Security and International Affairs Proposals
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its third in a series of analyses of the President’s FY 2017 Budget submission. The February 16, 2016, Budget Bulletin is focused on the Budget’s National Security and International Affairs proposals. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues […]
Enzi Asks GAO to Investigate Spending by Feds on Public Relations Activities
WASHINGTON D.C. – GAO will initiate a study to identify and quantify the total amount of federal resources dedicated to agency public relations activities, in response to a formal request from Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Enzi cited the increasing pressures on limited federal resources combined with the need for […]
Jim Neill Joins Budget Committee as Director of Coalitions and Outreach
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today announced the appointment of Jim Neill as Coalitions and Outreach Director. The position, focused on grassroots and business trade associations, will increase the dialogue and exchange of ideas between the Committee and organizations focused on the federal budget process and debt reduction. “I am […]
President’s FY 2017 Budget Health Care Proposals
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its second in a series of analyses of the President’s FY 2017 Budget submission. The February 11, 2016, Budget Bulletin is focused on the Budget’s health care proposals. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating […]
Overview of President’s FY 2017 Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its first in a series of analyses of the President’s FY 2017 Budget submission. The February 10, 2016, Budget Bulletin is focused on an overview of the President’s fiscal year 2017 Budget Proposal. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on […]
President’s Final Budget Doubles Down on More Spending and Debt
WASHINGTON D.C. – Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee today issued the following statements after President Obama released his final budget, which joins his previous fiscal blueprints in pushing for more taxes, more spending, more deficits and more debt for the nation. “The President’s final budget continues his focus on new spending proposals instead […]
Committee Democrats Question Unprecedented Decision to Forgo Hearing on President’s Budget
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 – The Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee sent a letter to Chairman Mike Enzi today expressing their disappointment over the chairman’s unprecedented decision to not hold a hearing on the president’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. This is the first time in the committee’s history that it has not held a […]
Joint Announcement from Senate and House Budget Committees on OMB Hearing
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today announced that both committees will not hold a hearing hosting the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review the president’s FY 2017 Budget. “It appears the President’s final budget will continue to focus […]