Jared Serbu

1 month ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jared Serbu

What: The Budget Control Act and sequestrationWhen: Congress passed the Budget Control Act in 2011, triggering a failsafe mechanism that suddenly reduced federal expenditures in 2013. Why it matters: An ill-fated attempt to reduce the federal budget deficit resulted in Congressional gridlock, leading to sudden across-the-board budget cuts in 2013 and a decade of federal budget uncertainty.

1 month ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jared Serbu

The Marine Corps is DoD’s only military service that’s managed to pass a financial statement audit. But the way it’s gone about it isn’t the sort of thing you’d want to do over the long term. The current process is expensive, time-consuming, and filled with manual workarounds. But officials say they recognize those issues, and the next step is to make those successful audits more sustainable.

1 month ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jared Serbu

A coalition of nearly two dozen unions, local governments and nonprofit groups filed suit against the Trump administration in federal court Monday, alleging that it’s in the midst of a broad, unconstitutional and secretive reorganization of the federal government.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jared Serbu

Share For the second time in as many days, a higher court has paused a judicial ruling that ordered the reinstatement of federal employees who were fired en masse, leaving thousands of probationary workers vulnerable once again to potential termination. In a 2-1 ruling Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily set aside a Maryland judge’s injunction that had ordered agencies to reinstate employees in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

1 month ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jared Serbu

For the second time in as many days, a higher court has paused a judicial ruling that ordered the reinstatement of federal employees who were fired en masse, leaving thousands of probationary workers vulnerable once again to potential termination. In a 2-1 ruling Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily set aside a Maryland judge’s injunction that had ordered agencies to reinstate employees in 19 states and the District of Columbia.