Spending restrictions in FY 2013

Mayor's Order 2012-163, Fiscal Year 2013 Expenditure Restrictions (PDF), signed October 2, restricts and in some cases halts spending in some areas for FY 2013, October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013.   Freezes apply to training, new hires, promotions, and travel.   Limiting spending is not a new idea.   Only last year, Mayor Gray did the same (see FYs 2012 and 2013 budget update, December 22).

Some media reports of the FY 2013 freeze are:

• D.C. on spending freeze in face of fed spending slowdown
• Sequestration threat leads Mayor Vincent Gray to freeze hiring, travel (1)
• Sequestration threat leads Mayor Vincent Gray to freeze hiring, travel (2)