Terms Used In CFR > Title 7 > Subtitle B > Chapter IX > Part 906 > Subpart A > Reports

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• news: means information that is about current events or that would be of current interest to the public. See 5 CFR 2604.103