Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew provides fiscal year 2013 budget guidance to agency and department heads in an Aug. 17 memo.

The memo sets expectations that overall agency requests for 2013 funding should be at least 5 percent below their 2011 enacted discretionary appropriation; and that agencies should identify additional discretionary funding reductions that would bring your request to a level that is at least 10 percent below their 2011 enacted discretionary appropriation.