How Congress Could Help Agencies Resist Hasty End-of-the-Year Spending

Government Executive: As fiscal 2014 draws to a close, it’s a safe bet that managers across the government signed a few more contracts than usual in the past week or so under the “use it or lose it” budget mentality.

In fact, agencies on average spend 4.9 times more in the fiscal year’s final week than they do the rest of the year, according to a study released last September by the Boston-based nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research.

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