1. Follow The Money: Searching The Budget For Your Next Contract Presented by NextWin Services
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2. Ann Sullivan, President NextWin Services
501 Capitol Court NE, Ste. 200
Washington, DC 20002
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3. The Budget Process – Resolutions vs. Appropriations
Budget Resolution
Appropriations
One resolution passed by House and Senate
Sets top level spending number for next fiscal year
Does not go to the President and is not a law
Guides Appropriators
12 bills that set individual spending levels for individual agencies
Can include specific instructions to agencies, called “directives”
When passed together, call an “omnibus bill”
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4. The Budget Process – Spending Money in the ‘90s
Sept: House and Senate negotiate differences
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5. The Budget Process – How It Worked in FY2016
10-week Continuing Resolution beginning Sept. 30, 2015
Nov 2015: Democrats and Republicans agree to two-year Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015:
FY2016 – $1.067 trillion ($548B defense, $518B non-defense)
FY2017 – $1.07 trillion ($551B defense, $518B non-defense)
Dec 21, 2015: President Obama signs FY2016 Omnibus
Includes multiple directives affecting agency spending
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6. President’s Budget Request
“The President proposes, Congress appropriates”
Blueprint of Administration’s priorities
Agency Budgets
Priorities & Trends
New initiatives
Consolidation
Elimination
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7. Finding the President’s Budget Request
Go to OMB’s website at and click on “Budget”
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8. Agency Fact Sheets
On the next page, click Agency fact sheets to review the FY2017 Budget request by agency
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9. Agency Fact Sheets (Cont.)
Choose agencies where you have work, or plan to work in coming fiscal year
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10. Agency Fact Sheets (Cont.) - HHS
FY17 Priorities: Mental Health, Opioid Abuse, Cancer Research, Reforming Medicare/Medicaid
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11. Appropriations Bills – Finding The Programs
Go to the House Appropriations Committee website at and click on “Text of FY 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Legislation”
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12. Appropriations Bills – Finding The Programs
Re-directed to Rules Committee which breaks text into “Divisions”
Go to Introduction to find which Division goes with your agency
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13. Appropriations Bills – Finding The Programs
Identifying Division for Health and Human Services – found in Division H
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14. Finding ARHQ Health IT Within HHS
Imagine you are an IT company with past performance at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), seeking to identify how much funding will be available:
Open Division H
Control + F (Find) “Agency For H...”
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15. Health IT at AHRQ – The Numbers
FY2016 Omnibus included $21.5 million for Health IT with $19 million specifically going to IT projects focused on “Improving Quality”
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16. Health IT at AHRQ – The Fine Print
FY2016 bill included specific guidance for AHRQ following the budget table:
Committee instructions can include restrictions, expectations, reporting requirements, deadlines, etc.
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17. Following the FY2017 Process
President’s Budget for broad government spending plans
Individual Agency Pages
Use to identify agency goals and terminology for RFP responses, capability briefings, etc.
House and Senate Appropriations Bills
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18. Ann Sullivan, President
Questions?
Thank You!
Ann Sullivan, President
NextWin Services
501 Capitol Court NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
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