Sequestration is a budget technique characterized by the implementation of automatic mandatory spending cuts if deficit levels exceed a certain threshold. The Budget Control Act of 2011 utilized sequestration... more +
Sequestration is a budget technique characterized by the implementation of automatic mandatory spending cuts if deficit levels exceed a certain threshold. The Budget Control Act of 2011 utilized sequestration to encourage Congress to cut federal spending by 1.2 billion dollars. If Congress fails to make the specified funding cuts, sequestration will kick in and automatic cuts will be made to the federal budget. A good portion of the slated cuts will come from the national security budget.
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A June 3, 2013 letter from CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) states that the agency does not believe it has any discretion under the Budget Control Act of 2011 to exempt Part B cancer drug...more
General Legislative - The Senate will convene today, Monday, June 3, at 2:00 pm and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 954, the Farm Bill, provided that alfalfa...more
On May 23, 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Notice PIH 2013-12, "Implementation of the Federal Fiscal Year 2013 Funding Provisions for the Housing Choice Voucher Program," (the Notice)....more
In This Issue: Energy and Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department Of Energy; Department Of Interior; Department Of State; Department Of Treasury; Environmental Protection Agency; Nuclear Regulatory...more
For the past month or so, all the talk has been about the sequester and how it will affect some government services, such as security at airports. However, the sequester will also affect some government benefits, including...more
In This Issue: Energy & Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department of Commerce; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department of State; Department of Transportation; Environmental Protection...more
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget and Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health...more
As of April 5, 2013 and in response to budget sequestration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) warns that revisit surveys for skilled nursing facilities will be delayed and approval requirements for...more
In This Issue: - Subpoenas: What Are They and What Do You Do If You or Your Business Receives One? - Sequestration and the Continuing Resolution’s Effect on Government Contracting - New I-9 Creates Risk...more
President Obama has nominated Anthony Foxx, the Mayor of Charlotte to replace Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx oversaw several large transportation projects during his tenure as mayor, including the...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; and Executive Branch. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The past week could be best described by one word. Chaos. In the House, a scheduled...more
In This Issue: - GSA and VA Schedule Matters - Office of Inspector General Reports - Pertinent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit Reports - OMB Proposed Guidance - Key Federal Acquisition...more
On March 26, 2013, President Obama signed the Continuing Resolution, which will fund government operations through the end of Fiscal Year 2013 or September 30. While this may assuage some of the uncertainty of...more
A number of current immigration matters deserve your attention and consideration: 1. USCBP Announces the Advent of the Paperless Form I-94 for Air and Sea Arrivals, Effective April 26, 2013. 2. Immigration Reform –...more
Pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011, sequestration is the process by which automatic across-the-board spending cuts are being imposed on government programs. Because Congress was unable to reach an agreement by its...more
In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture & Food - Budget, Appropriations and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more
Renewable Energy Focus - ..DOE awarding more than $1.2 billion in energy subsidies despite sequester: The Washington Examiner - Apr 3 - More than $1.2 billion in cash payments has been awarded to...more
In this issue: - Finders May Pose Risk in Private Capital Raising - NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework - NIST Issues Request for Information, Begins Developing...more
On April 10th, the Department of Labor released its fiscal year 2014 budget request. As reported in a press release describing the budget request, the DOL has asked for $12.1 billion in discretionary funding to support...more
One of King & Spalding’s clients reported to us that its Medicare contractor had not correctly calculated the 2 percent sequestration reduction in payments for purposes of biweekly pass-through payments. ...more
First, CMS announced on April 5, 2013, that due to the across-the-board federal budget reductions (aka “sequestration”), effective immediately, State Survey Agencies must obtain approval from the CMS Regional Office before...more
Last week was an active week in the federal appeals courts. Perhaps most interesting - especially to those who are concerned about the state of our federal public defenders - is the Second Circuit's opinion in United...more
Two wins in the Eighth Circuit - nice. Other than that, it's a whole lot of resentencing news. In news related to last week's short wins post, though, where I lamented that Assistant Federal Public Defenders will be...more
March 2013 On March 1, 2013, $85 Billion in automatic reductions in federal spending occurred as mandated by federal law. The automatic budget cuts are known in the parlance of the Beltway as “sequestration.” For issuers of...more
As the federal government scrambles to cut burgeoning health care costs, yet increase health care coverage to the uninsured or underinsured, the paradox of expansion, on the one hand, yet constriction, on the other, has...more
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