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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told the chairmen of two Senate financial committees it fixed an "isolated coding error" in its retirement planning calculator, but those senators said many questions remain unanswered.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson defended his agency's $40.6 billion fiscal 2017 budget, telling a congressional committee that cybersecurity funding would help hiring efforts.
On this week's Your Turn, financial analyst Bob Lang will discuss investment options for federal workers and Katie Maddocks with the Federal Managers Association will talk about some pending legislation on Capitol Hill and how it could affect feds. March 9, 2016
Agency preparations for the 2016 presidential transition are well underway. The Office of Government Ethics is adding more training programs to help its employees vet and process financial disclosure forms for new political appointees. And Congress just passed comprehensive transition legislation.
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has resurrected questions about the court and its ethics regulations. CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings shared his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) chairs the subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science. For nearly a year, he's been pushing a bill to re-do NASA's management structure. He spoke with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about it.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said federal employees wouldn't worry so much about changing locality pay, if Congress passed higher, across the board pay raises overall. He called for a 5.3 percent bump in pay next year, well over the 1.6 percent raise President Barack Obama proposed in his 2017 budget request.
DoD says BRAC would bring big savings in a time when it's facing big budget shortfalls if sequestration returns.
Top officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs will meet this week with leaders from several leading veterans’ service organizations, seeking common ground on a legislative proposal that would overhaul the appeals process for veterans’ compensation claims.
The Office of Management and Budget’s new draft policy recognizes the data center consolidation and optimization initiative must fold in several ongoing priorities — from infrastructure and systems modernization, to cybersecurity, cloud first, and the greening of the government — to be more effective.
Canines trained through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Canine Center proved their skill at detecting contraband material at a demonstration Thursday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
The IRS has issued a notice to employers on how to retroactively apply federal transit benefits this current tax filing season.
The Small Business Administration is reporting that agencies surpassed the 5 percent governmentwide goal of awarding contracts to women-owned small businesses in 2015 for the first time ever.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a bill on March 1 that aims to keep agencies from putting employees accused of misconduct on administrative leave indefinitely.