2013 Budget

Plenty of doom, but little clarity in latest sequestration report

The White House's new sequestration report is filled with dire warnings and threats of destruction, but is there any meat on its bones?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Sequestration nightmare over by Sept. 30? Maybe

Saying sequestration might be over by Sept. 30 overstates the case, but one policy expert believes a delay of a year might be in the works.

  • By Nick Wakeman

7 tools for sequestration survival

The specter of sequestration is a character test for any company. Here's what leaders should be doing in today's market.

  • By Michael Tinsley

Sequestration cuts hit agencies to tune of $39B in 2013

The Professional Services Council estimates that sequestration cuts will total $39 billion in 2013 for civilian agencies.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Why the government isn't ready for sequestration

Only months from deadline, federal agencies are as unprepared as ever for massive budget cuts. What's the holdup?

  • By Amber Corrin

2013 defense budget proposal creates uncertainty

Congress is planning to forego appropriations bills for fiscal 2013 in favor of passing a six-month-long stopgap spending measure that would maintain 2012 funding levels though March.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Will a lame duck save us from sequestration?

Ryep. Gerald Connolly thinks the so-called lame-duck session after the November election offers a brief window of opportunity for solving some of the contentious issues facing Congress.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Contractor mistrust hurts the government's mission

The $20 billion a year the government wastes because it distrusts contractors is just the beginning of the damage done by poor relationships.

  • By Bill Scheessele

Pick up your homework assignments for the end of 2012

Federal sales expert Steve Charles gives four homework assignments for a successful fourth quarter and beyond.

  • By Steve Charles

Industry readies pink slips

Are industry's plans to layoff workers if sequestration becomes a reality an empty threat? Editor Nick Wakeman doesn't think so.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Defense cuts find plenty of love with public

Cutting the defense budget gets overwhelming support from the public, but where specific cuts should be made is open to debate.

  • By Amber Corrin

8 tools for surviving sequestration

With sequestration on the horizon, our experts share how contractors can survive more than $1 trillion in budget cuts.

  • By Amber Corrin

Sequestration fears making for long, hot summer

Contractors prepare for prospect of deep federal budget cuts should Congress fail to reach a budget agreement before the end of the year.

  • By David Hubler

5 ways the defense industry can fight sequestration

With massive procurement cuts looming, business with the government takes on a new meaning as defense contractors must articulate value not just to the government, but to the grassroots as well.

  • By Richard Levick
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Leading CEO asks: Do we dare protect national security on a shoestring?

The responsibility to protect national security during a time of austere budgets falls to both industry and government.

  • By David Langstaff

IT market nears its bottom

2013 and 2014 might be the low point for the market, but who is expected to take the biggest hit?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Does uncertainty have to be the new normal?

Contractors need the government to act now and plan for sequestration.

  • By Stan Soloway

Is Congress moving to spike sequestration?

Language in the 2013 Defense Authorization bill is attempting to avert mandatory budget cuts that some fear could seriously hamper the Defense Department's mission, including the impact on contractors.

  • By Amber Corrin

Budget uncertainty puts damper on contractor stocks

Federal IT and professional services stocks lag the market despite some signs of longer term optimism.

  • By Bill Loomis

Budget stalemate continues on Capitol Hill

The Obama administration has given a framework to avoid the looming sequestration, but House Republicans say the proposals won't pass in either chamber. What now?

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Feds' focus on margins puts industrial base at risk

Reducing government costs is in everyone's best interest, writes Stan Soloway, but too much emphasis on cutting margins will only hurt government and industry in the long run.

  • By Stan Soloway