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As House lawmakers search for ways to help the federal government strengthen its talent pipeline, they find consensus on at least two ideas.
Should members of Congress have office space inside the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, so they can meet with veteran constituents?
The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged it could more strategically target successful recruitment and retention incentives to occupations and medical facilities with the greatest workforce needs. But it also pushed Congress to grant the agency more flexibility in setting market pay for VA medical center directors.
The Defense Department is considering changing manpower policies to lure more reserve recruits and retain the ones it has.
It's better than a shutdown, but the 2020 fiscal year will kick off under a CR.
In today's Federal Newscast, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and other congressmen are pleading with Veterans Affairs Department to let them keep their offices in agency facilities.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has counted up the costs of the last three shutdowns.
The seven-week continuing resolution gives lawmakers through Nov. 21 to complete spending bills for the rest of 2020. Notably, the CR includes additional funding for the Office of Personnel Management, which faces a budget shortfall at the start of the new fiscal year.
Given that 2020 is a critical election year, and the number of federal workers in many congressional districts, any federal pay raise is a big deal.
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report highlights how the most recent 35-day partial government shutdown hurt agencies.
The latest budget proposal from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government made no mention of a federal pay raise in 2020, setting up a debate over whether civilian employees will receive a House-passed 3.1% or the president's recommended 2.6% increase next year.
The U.S. Postal Service is preparing to pull out of an international shipping rate agreement.
In today's Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs launched a new training program to help employees impacted by the agency's ongoing electronic health record modernization.
Congress seems to be working hard to avoid a lapse in appropriations when the fiscal year ends in a couple of weeks. But anything can happen.