2022 federal budget series#

The omnibus measure includes discretionary spending increases for both domestic agencies and the Defense Department.

2022 federal budget series#

The government has been operating under a series of continuing resolutions for nearly five-and-a-half months, leaving agency financial and program managers relatively little time to adjust to and spend the influx of properly-aligned funding, including the new starts a full-up spending bill finally allows in the federal contracting sphere.įederal News Network's Cyber Leaders Exchange: Discover the ways that agencies lead the way as the government “fundamentally re-imagines America’s cyber social construct”. 30, and eliminates the threat of a year-long continuing resolution that federal agencies had feared.īut finally getting a spending bill that aligns with 2022 spending priorities, rather than last year’s, presents challenges of its own, considering how much time has already passed. The vote both avoids the prospect of government shutdowns through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and eliminates the threat of a year-long continuing. The bill now goes to President Biden’s desk. The Senate voted 68-31 Thursday night to pass a $1.5 trillion omnibus bill that will fund federal government agencies for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022, following in the footsteps of the House, which passed the measure the previous evening.