White House to Release Budget Proposal Feb. 13 January 23, 2012, 2:57 pm President Obama's final budget proposal of his term, covering fiscal year 2013 and the decade beyond, will be released on Feb. 13, a week later than officials had previously indicated. The Office of Management Budget notified reporters of the timing in an e-mail without explanation, though a spokesman said the extra time was needed "to finalize technical and programmatic decisions." The administration had not committed to releasing the budget on Feb. 6, but that date had been talked about for weeks. Some hint of the "programmatic decisions" in question might become clear on Tuesday night, when Mr. Obama delivers his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and a vast television audience. Administration officials have said he will unveil new policy initiatives to strengthen the economy and the middle-class and put "meat" on the bones of the speech he gave last month in Osawatomie, Kan. The budget office also announced that "consistent with Administration-wide efforts to reduce spending, complementary printed copies of the Federal budget will not be provided to the media." But, as usual since the Internet-age began, the budget proposal will be available online for free and budget books can be purchased through the Government Printing Office.