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A new Senate bill could guarantee six weeks of paid leave for federal employees who become parents, and let them choose whether to take those six weeks separately or in one shot.
Midnight tonight marks the exact middle of the month of September. That means exactly 15 calendar days until the end of the fiscal year. There is still no clear exit strategy in place to get the government funded for Fiscal 2016. So the possibility of a shutdown exists even though Republican leaders in both chambers say there will be no shutdown. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Government Operations, joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Tuesday's Congressional Spotlight. He said he thinks nobody knows exactly how the budget situation will play out.
Tomorrow at midnight the month of September will be half over. That means only 15 calendar days until government funding runs out. David Hawkings, the senior editor of CQ Roll Call, is watching how Congress is getting closer to doing a deal and getting farther away at the same time. He shared his insight on In Depth with Francis Rose.
Michael Daniel, the White House cybersecurity coordinator, said the new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) will work behind the scenes to connect the cyber dots.
In this week's Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook, a major element of the Defense Department’s new program to better detect insider threats will be up and running by next month.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has told several audiences in recent weeks that he’s trying to drill tunnels through the “wall” that sits between the Defense Department and commercial innovators.
The Office of Special Counsel saw a 17 percent jump in whistleblower retaliations and other personnel cases in 2014 as compared to 2013. OSC tells Congress it expects 2015 will be busier.
The Prevent a Government Shutdown Act of 2015 demands a bipartisan deal, or an automatic lift of caps for defense and non-defense discretionary spending.
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen says a CR is a better alternative to the proposed budget cuts to the agency. The IRS could lose as much as $838 million if the House has its way.
Congress has its eye on the G-Fund again. Some members want to change the way the rate of return is figured. One version of the federal budget in the House estimates savings up to $32 billion to fund other programs. But, members of the Employee Thrift Advisory Council are warning those changes could cause people to get out of the TSP altogether. Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about the proposed legislation.
The House Intelligence Committee chairman says cyber attacks are becoming such a threat that political action will be needed soon.
The Veterans Health Administration ran out of money this fiscal year. It was about to close hospitals before Congress stepped in to help. To make sure this never happens again, Dr. David Shulkin, VHA’s new leader, has told his chief medical officers to work closely with financial managers. Chief Financial Officer Kathleen Turco tells Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp more.
Congress is gearing up to solve a lot of problems between now and the end of the month and it doesn't have a lot of time to do it. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and publisher of The Week Ahead, said companies in the government contracting space should watch three things that most Congress watchers aren't paying attention to. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what those three things are.
The National Treasury Employees Union, the Employee Thrift Advisory Council and 13 other organizations urged Congress not to use the Thrift Savings Plan — the federal government’s retirement savings program — as a revenue source.