General Motors Corp. (GM) is requesting more aid from the U.S. government for April, an Obama administration official said Thursday.

GM earlier this month withdrew a request for $2 billion in loans to get through March, saying recent cost-cutting moves eased financial pressure on the company.

The Obama official, a member of the administration's auto task force who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the task force is considering a request from GM for aid in April.

The official also said the administration will make an announcement before March 31 on the "direction" it intends to take in response to bailout requests by GM and Chrysler.

"We do expect to have something before March 31 on the overall situation on our direction and what we are thinking," the official said. He said not to "expect that whatever we say before March 31 be the only thing we say. We are going to articulate something before March 31 but not draw an inference on what that is going to be."

GM and Chrysler have asked for up to $22 billion combined in new government loans.

-By Josh Mitchell, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6637; joshua.mitchell@dowjones.com