Overall spending would increase thanks to a surge at the Pentagon and non-defense cuts were smaller than proposed last year, ...

Government performance systems often reward documentation, activity and procedural defensibility more than real-world impact.

The federal government’s funding is set to expire on Jan. 30, 2026, and lawmakers in Washington are once again racing against the clock to avert a shutdown that could disrupt government operations and ...

Whenever December arrives, and the rituals of budget presentations by the states and federal governments get into full swing, the excitement heightens at the prospect of the outcomes. For me, who has ...

The federal government’s mid-year budget update shows a modest improvement in the deficit forecast in 2025–26, but much of this comes from a larger-than-forecast tax take. The drivers of the $5 ...