Feb 26, 2009

FY 2009 Budget Passes House

The omnibus appropriation for most of the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday. FY 2009 began on October 1, 2008. Social Security has been working under a Continuing Resolution (CR) since the beginning of the FY. The CR funds the agency only at the prior FY rate. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, hopes to complete work on the bill by March 6.

By the way, Alyssa Brodsky at FedBlog reports that the bill includes a one year ban on A-76 job competitions for federal work and requires federal agencies to establish guidelines for insourcing work now done by contractors that used to be done by federal employees. I have seen the word "outsource" a good deal over the past eight years. This is the first time that I have seen the word "insource."

The White House is supposed to release a budget outline for FY 2010 sometime today. It is not clear whether this outline will include a specific figure for the Social Security Administration or whether it will include the Social Security Administration's own budget request.

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