Curious how that's not in the news...the Jan vote only postponed dealing with the issue for a couple of months. It's now Feb and something has to be done by the end of this short month.

For the record, most DC agencies have gone through the exercise of planning for cuts. 10% is the commonly heard number, although planning for other sized cuts is likely.

Travel restrictions are in place and their magnitude and impact are growing. 'Mission critical' travel was the initial criterion, but now the importance of the mission is part of the decision. I just got word that a modest, but non-trivial sized conference scheduled for Mar has just been cancelled, b/c DoD can't participate.

Interesting times.

(02-01-2013 03:21 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  Curious how that's not in the news...the Jan vote only postponed dealing with the issue for a couple of months. It's now Feb and something has to be done by the end of this short month.

For the record, most DC agencies have gone through the exercise of planning for cuts. 10% is the commonly heard number, although planning for other sized cuts is likely.

Travel restrictions are in place and their magnitude and impact are growing. 'Mission critical' travel was the initial criterion, but now the importance of the mission is part of the decision. I just got word that a modest, but non-trivial sized conference scheduled for Mar has just been cancelled, b/c DoD can't participate.

Interesting times.

No worries, Congress will just postone it for another month or two.

(02-01-2013 03:22 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(02-01-2013 03:21 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  Curious how that's not in the news...the Jan vote only postponed dealing with the issue for a couple of months. It's now Feb and something has to be done by the end of this short month.

For the record, most DC agencies have gone through the exercise of planning for cuts. 10% is the commonly heard number, although planning for other sized cuts is likely.

Travel restrictions are in place and their magnitude and impact are growing. 'Mission critical' travel was the initial criterion, but now the importance of the mission is part of the decision. I just got word that a modest, but non-trivial sized conference scheduled for Mar has just been cancelled, b/c DoD can't participate.

Interesting times.

No worries, Congress will just postone it for another month or two.

Not sure that's the case this time.