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The White House has threatened to veto a fiscal 2017 spending bill that would further cut the Internal Revenue Service's budget by $236 million.
June 23, 2016 -
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Each year, congressional Democrats and Republicans look to settle their differences on the baseball diamond. More accrurately, they raise money for charity through ticket sales to what might be described as less and major-league grade ball-playing. The 2016 Congressional Baseball game takes place tonight at Nationals Park in Southeast D.C. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is manager of the Republican Team. He told Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the game's history and what players to watch out for.
June 23, 2016 -
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Veteran preference is in the news again, with new legislation proposing new limits. Former Homeland Security Chief Human Capital Officer Jeff Neal says that's a big deal, becausey veteran preference is a kind of third rail of civil service reform.
June 23, 2016 -
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Legal experts told House lawmakers they could essentially impeach anyone they want for whatever reasons they deem justified, but the real question is whether they should.
June 23, 2016 -
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Most of the attention focused on the Veterans Affairs Department in the last couple of years has had to do with firing people. Giving VA more flexibility to demote or get rid of people who perform poorly. But now a bill looks at something a little more positive: how to recruit and hire top talent at VA. Tim McManus, the vice president for education at the Partnership for Public Service has studied the bill, and joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with analysis of H.R. 5526.
June 22, 2016 -
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Congressional staffers addressed some of the President's concerns with the 2017 defense authorization bill.
June 21, 2016 -
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The Veterans Affairs Department says it’s earning back trust and confidence from the veterans it serves, and employee engagement within the department is also improving. This comes roughly 10 days before the VA Commission on Care is expected to pitch a major overhaul to the department’s health care and personnel systems.
June 21, 2016 -
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Rayburn House Office building is flooding, according to several sources on Twitter.
June 21, 2016 -
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Congress this week is going to spend a lot of energy debating gun control. That's in the wake of the Orlando, Florida shootings. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that it's bad news in a lot of ways, including the prospects for anything else getting done.
June 21, 2016 -
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Both the House and Senate are proposing protest reform in their versions of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, but would these reforms be helpful? Stuart Turner, a counsel at the law firm Arnold and Porter, offers his analysis on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 20, 2016 -
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A recent decision from the Justice Department is prompting the VA to stop using the authority it has under current legislation to fire senior executives more quickly. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee said the news comes after an inquiry over whether the VA planned to make any policy changes after the DOJ decision, which ultimately ruled that a key provision in the VA Choice Act is unconstitutional.
June 17, 2016 -
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The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 has been in effect for six months, but Congress and the Homeland Security Department say tweaks are needed to encourage more information sharing from industry.
June 17, 2016 -
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The House Oversight Committee voted out a resolution to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. The vote was on party lines, with Democrats opposing. Republicans hope it is leads to an impeachment proceeding. Steve Ryan, a partner at the law firm McDermott Will and Emery, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the whole effort is misguided.
June 17, 2016 -
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Being on GAO's high-risk list isn't meant to be a life sentence for agencies and programs. The list is a way to encourage agencies to take improvement actions on their own and lead by example.
June 17, 2016
