As the national debt races toward $17 trillion and nearly 13 million Americans search fruitlessly for work, America needs bold changes from its leaders. Congress must get federal spending and ...

The Budget Control Act, passed in 2011, is one of the few mechanisms currently in place to control Congress’ appetite for spending. With the national debt projected to skyrocket over the next decade, ...

Now that Congress has passed a budget resolution, tax reform and an end-of-year spending bill are the next big budget items on the agenda. Obtaining “relief” from the budget caps will be a major theme ...

Any organization that wants to progress, or at least survive, has to plan its activities and ensure that the programs and objectives set by senior management are properly carried out. The business ...

Spending on a raft of key federal programs from airport security to health care research under the “non-defense discretionary” budget banner will dip to all-time lows under the Budget Control Act.

When Richard Wiedenbeck became chief information officer of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. 12 years ago, he encountered a siloed business structure in which each business unit fulfilled its own ...

U.S. Cyber Command will be focused on advanced training for cyber operators and analysts as it prepares to gain enhanced budget authority. Currently, the individual services are responsible for ...

Google introduced new ad budget features for Local Service Ads, including the ability to set a maximum monthly ad spend limit for certain accounts. Why we care. This update gives advertisers more ...

The two-year budget deal passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump earlier this month lifted spending caps for the next two years imposed under the 2011 Budget Control Act, effectively ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. What should Congress and the Obama administration do to bring the federal deficit ...

Your business takes cash in and pulls cash out in a constant flow. How you manage that process determines whether you can meet payroll, pay expenses, set aside profits and pay taxes. Constant worrying ...