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Jory Heckman

Jory Heckman has been a reporter at Federal News Network since January 2018. Jory got his start as an intern in 2011 and was a digital news writer and editor for Federal News Network from 2014 to 2018. He also worked as a desk assistant with CBS News Radio in New York and was a reporter for the Citizens’ Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

SSA reaches deal to resume some in-person disability claims hearings starting in May

Workforce

VA launches automation pilot to process veteran disability claims faster

Veterans Affairs

documents, papers, files, records, office

With an increase in federal payouts comes an increase in improper payments

Agency Oversight

USPS reaches deal with APWU on pilot to package free at-home COVID-19 tests

Management

veterans affairs spokane washington, Mann-Grandstaff

VA pushes back second EHR deployment, citing delays in training from COVID-19

Veterans Affairs

audit rate

IRS gearing up for next filing season but still dealing with 6M tax return backlog

Management

OPM-GSA merger

Democratic lawmakers propose 5.1% average pay raise for federal employees

Pay

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

New USPS board chairman supports DeJoy, ‘self-sustaining’ operating model

Management