Sequestration Budget Cuts Slice 9% From Federal Human Service Programs For Fiscal Year 2013

Sequestration Budget Cuts Slice 9% From Federal Human Service Programs For Fiscal Year 2013
On March 1, 2013, all departments of the federal government began making mandatory across-the-board cuts required by the sequestration process, with a reduction of five-percent or more to most federal human service programs for federal fiscal year 2013. Although the federal fiscal year has only seven months remaining, the cuts affect the full fiscal year allocation, meaning that non-exempt human service programs will need to cut spending for the rest of the year by nine-percent. Government-wide, the cuts reduce planned . . .