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The 174-page bill, which the House passed earlier this week along party lines, expands federal employee whistleblower protections and updates the 80-year-old Hatch Act. It will likely face a tough path forward in an equally divided Senate.
A survey sponsored by the Project on Government Oversight finds voters across the spectrum suspect there's corruption in the government. With a view of what Congress can do about it, POGO's government affairs manager, Dylan Hedtler Gaudette, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Outside of the blockbuster parts of the 2022 defense authorization bill, there are many new policies Congress will mandate the Pentagon to enact once the bill is signed into law.
In today's Federal Newscast, the two-year probationary is on its way out for civilian employees at the Defense Department.
The continuing resolution for funding the government runs until February 18.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act, but not without testy debate that covered everything from the role of career federal employees to OPM's performance.
The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates
The latest continuing resolution will fund federal agencies through Feb. 18, and followed a debate among Republicans over whether to use a potential shutdown to challenge President Biden's vaccine mandates.
The bill, known as the Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act, attempts to improve the federal internship experience, ensure students get paid for their work and provide credit for successful interns to apply for permanent positions in the competitive service.
The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown
The team overseeing FedRAMP is urging lawmakers against supporting legislation that would restrict their flexibility in responding to emerging threats.
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Ron Wyden wants to know what a handful of agencies are doing to deploy countermeasures and protect employees and critical facilities.
The Labor Department is leaning on experts in technology, process flow, equity, fraud and unemployment insurance to develop new capabilities that every state can use to modernize and better secure their unemployment insurance systems.
Returning from its Thanksgiving recess, dealing with the budget is a top priority for both chambers of Congress.