Stephen Dinan
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Washington Times
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The?White House?budget office Thursday told agencies to try to use as much flexibility as they can to blunt the effects of the ?sequester? budget cuts that took effect last month.
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Danny Werfel, the budget office controller, said sequestration doesn?t allow much discretion but said federal law does give some agencies the ability to reprogram or transfer money, and he said those agencies ?may have a limited ability to realign funds to protect mission priorities.?
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?Agencies with reprogramming or transfer authority should continue to examine whether the use of these authorities would allow the agency to minimize the negative impact of sequestration on core mission priorities,??Mr. Werfel?said in a memo to federal departments and agencies, stressing guidance the administration gave several months ago.
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