House offices are facing an unprecedented management challenge – cutting their annual expenditures sharply in two successive years. To help offices manage this difficult process, CMF produced a short manual that includes:

• House Member office expenditure data to help offices assess their own spending practices;
• An overview of the primary strategies that offices are planning on using to cut their budgets;
• A broad list of strategies or ideas that offices should consider in deciding how to cut their budgets; and
• A discussion of some of the possible downsides to the primary budget-cutting strategies that offices may not be considering and some additional strategies offices should consider.

 Managing the 2012 Budget Cuts in House Offices (716 KB)

This research was sponsored by Credit Union National Association, CQ Roll Call and Lockheed Martin Information Technology.