GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 1861 Civil War-era law may help Army operate under shutdown

 

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Army TImes

08April2011 8:20pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: As the Army and the other military services face the prospect of a government shutdown by the end of the week, they are looking to the Civil War Era “Feed and Forage Act,” for potential authorities to continue operations, according to Army budget officials.

Under the law, the government is allowed to buy “clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, transportation, or medical and hospital supplies,” for the troops before receiving the necessary appropriation from Congress.

The Act was first created during the Civil War for soldiers operating out West who had no idea whether a spending bill had been passed in Washington, but needed to resupply their ammunition, food and other necessary provisions, said John Cooney, who served as deputy general counsel in the Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan administration. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Military and essential civilians would be paid after shutdown

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SOURCE: NextGov

08April2011 3:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: If the government shuts down Friday night, military personnel and civilian personnel deemed essential will continue to work, but the Defense Department will not have the funds to pay them until after the shutdown ends, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III said in a message sent to the Pentagon's workforce on Thursday afternoon.

Military personnel are not subject to furlough and will report for duty as normal during any shutdown, along with essential civilian personnel.

"If there is a government shutdown beginning on Saturday, April 9, all DoD personnel should still report to work on their next scheduled duty day, beginning at their normal duty hours to receive additional instructions," he said.  (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: U.S. House Bill Would Fund DoD Through September

 

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Defense News

05April2011 12:39pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The U.S. House Appropriations Committee introduced a seventh stopgap spending measure late April 4 that would fund the Pentagon through September.

The temporary spending bill - known as a continuing resolution (CR) - would prevent a government shutdown for one more week, but would keep the Defense Department running through the fiscal year. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: As shutdown looms, GOP readies short term bill if needed

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SOURCE: News-Leader

04April2011 9:40pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican officials say GOP lawmakers are ready with another short-term spending bill if needed to avoid a government shutdown threatened for Friday.

These officials say a bill to finance the government for one week will be brought to the House floor if currently deadlocked talks on a longer-term measure fail to yield a compromise.

They add the stopgap bill would include about $12 billion in cuts in domestic programs, and include enough money to finance the Defense Department through the end of the budget year on Sept. 30. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Budget stalemate hurting services, Pentagon official says

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SOURCE: Federal Times

03March2011 8:27amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Despite Defense Department warnings that troops, their families and overall military readiness are being hurt by the lack of a formal 2011 Pentagon budget, key Senate leaders said Tuesday that no quick end is in sight for the budgetary standoff.

"Unless cooler heads prevail, and both houses of Congress begin to make progress on passing this year's budget, there remains the possibility that the whole government could be funded through a full-year" continuing resolution, said Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A continuing resolution is a temporary funding measure that keeps the government operating at a reduced level when a permanent appropriations bill has not been approved by the start of the fiscal year, Oct. 1. In most cases, the Defense Department is limited to spending at 2010 levels — which would be about $23 billion less than the department expected to get for the current year.

Defense funding is not a key element of the disagreement on government funding, but it is tied up in the battle over a strong push by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to cut $100 billion from the overall 2011 federal budget, something the Democrat-controlled Senate opposes.

Unable to reach agreement on a permanent funding bill, House and Senate leaders are preparing to pass another temporary funding bill this week that would keep the government operating until mid-March. It is expected to include a modest $4 billion in cuts based on deficit reduction proposals from the White House.

"We have a hill to climb," said Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, ranking Republican on the appropriations committee.

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said operating under such temporary funding "is not a workable approach" because it restricts spending.

"Serious problems are already occurring," he said. "If the current CR continues throughout the year, it will cause significantly more harm." (read full report)

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