Sunday, July 14, 2013

650,000 Defense Employees Furloughs Started Monday

The Washington Post has some interesting details of emails sent by Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contracting and budget officers to their colleagues.

Our available funding balances remain large in all appropriations — too large to spend” just on small supplemental funds often required by existing contracts, the June 27 e-mail said. DISA’s budget is $2 billion.

“It is critical in our efforts to [spend] 100% of our available resources this fiscal year,” said the e-mail from budget officer Sannadean Sims and procurement officer Kathleen Miller. “It is also imperative that your organization meets its projected spending goal for June. . .


http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2013/07/14/650000-defense-employees-furloughs-started-monday-n1640309 

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