The House voted 267-151 Wednesday to approve a short-term funding measure that would avoid a possible March 27 government shutdown, Bloomberg reports. The Senate will consider its own measure next week to continue funding the government through September, Roxana Tiron and James Rowley report. According to Bloomberg, the House approved a …

The Federal Aviation Administration will start furloughing most of its 47,000 employees next month as the agency implements budget cuts under sequestration, administrator Michael Huerta said Wednesday. ATWOnline reports Huerta said the agency does not have a lead time to implement the cuts and must start immediately. By Sept. 30, …

Demands of operating in cyberspace are exceeding U.S. Strategic Command’s capacity to conduct sustained cyber operations even as the command continues to recruit and train cyber workers, Stratcom’s commander said Tuesday. Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler told the House Armed Services Committee Stratcom is continuing to develop joint cyberspace training …

The top uniformed officers from the four military branches asked a House subcommittee Tuesday to give them spending flexibility now that automatic sequestration budget cuts are in effect. American Forces Press Service reports the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Military Construction and Veteran Affairs heard testimony from Army Chief of Staff Gen. …

The House introduced legislation Monday night that includes two full-year appropriations bills for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and is intended to help them manage sequestration cuts. According to the Washington Business Journal, other agencies would receive their funding at fiscal year 2013 levels under a continuing resolution. …

The White House and congressional leadership met for one hour about sequestration that is supposed to take effect this evening. According to a Politico article, “next to nothing” was accomplished in the morning meeting regarding the $85 billion in automatic cuts. “Washington sure isn’t making it easy,” President Barack Obama …

If an alternative is found to sequestration, government employees may be required to contribute more to their retirement. With sequestration taking effect tonight, more than 1 million government employees could be hit with up to a 22 day furlough, according to the Washington Post. If sequestration is not solved by …

Jack Lew, President Barack Obama’s nominee for treasury secretary, was confirmed in a 71-26 Senate vote on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Lew is expected to lead deficit reduction talks with Congress and figure out how to reduce the country’s $16.6 trillion national debt, according to the report by Anna Yukhananov and …

In order to reach $85 billion in reduced spending by September 30, the Office of Management and Budget has told federal agencies they should no longer handout bonuses to employees, according to Jason Miller of Federal News Radio. According to Miller, that deadline has been set because no solution to stop cuts …

The House is considering a defense appropriations bill that would let the Defense Department bring forward new programs before sequestration cuts would start affecting those programs, the Washington Business Journal reports. Some projects that could be moved forward include a multi-year contract for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, built by …