[JediJones]

If I was in charge of the money, I’d try to identify what part of it was used for a “spending spree” and reduce the new budget by that amount anyway.

[Lumper20]

Most would try to save and turn in unspent funds. That is not how our civil service GOV works. If any agency/manager uses less and less money, they may be too efficient, and; they are a threat to others. Your boss will not like that as even GS 15’s and 14’s and below work for the Lois Lerner super grades.

This week the VA was running TV ads. I about hit the roof. My wife asked why? I explained it was the end of the fiscal year. She understood.

[Intolerant in NJ]

I’d try to identify what part of it was used for a “spending spree” and reduce the new budget by that amount anyway...the government mentality simply doesn't work that way - at another point I was running a program under the old federal CETA job training effort - we were advanced a certain amount of administrative funding outside the grant at the beginning of the year to purchase some supplies and equipment to get started - by the end of the year, in closing out the program, I had saved that amount from funding received as we went, and I contacted the CETA coordinator in our area to make arrangements to return it - "You're crazy" the voice on the other end of the line told me "nobody tries to return money to the government" - literally - obviously a slow learner.....