You think your budget process is tough? Really? Does it involve you posting layoff notices to large numbers of employees unless your budget is approved?
No? Then your budget hardball is nothing compared to what goes on this time of year in Washington.
"200,000 Federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff notices before Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach an accord on funding for the Iraq war, the Pentagon said yesterday.
The warning, posted near the top of the Defense Department's Web site, was the latest in a series from Pentagon officials in recent weeks.
The warning came a day after Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) released a letter, signed by seven other Washington area House members, calling on the Pentagon to shift money around in the department's many budget accounts to stave off furloughs.
"This is an old budget showdown tactic -- and they're using federal employees' livelihoods as leverage in a turf battle with Congress," Moran said."
Maybe that 21-inch monitor that got denied in my budget isn't such a big deal.
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