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Between the defense authorization bill, work on a potential infrastructure package and annual spending legislation, members of Congress are hoping to get at least a few big things finished.
As Congress prepares to spend relatively more money than it spent on World War II, the question arises whether the federal workforce even has the capacity to carry out whatever programs the coming money will spawn.
The Navy and Air Force want to shed existing weapons systems to free up funds for great power competition. Many of those systems really are old, but not all.
The additional money funds a variety of accounts, mostly ones that increase the capacity of the military by spending billions of dollars to procure more aircraft like the F-35 and build and restore ships for the Navy.
Lawmakers are pressing the State Department to move more aggressively to address a backlog of as many as 2 million pending passport applications.
Federal contractors who ship stuff often overlook or don't put a lot of bother into compliance with obscure federal shipping rules.
A new bill in the Senate would require federal contractors, agencies and critical infrastructure operators to report cyber intrusions within 24 hours.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will start from scratch on a new, independent lifecycle estimate for the electronic health record modernization project, an effort that could take another year to complete.
The Project on Government Oversight's Mandy Smithberger testified about the issue to Congress, and she joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more.
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act expands paid time off to all federal workers, allowing them up to 12 weeks to recover from a personal illness or care for a sick parent or family member.
Lawmakers want leadership to address problems at the VA's law enforcement arm, including high officer turnover and gaps in tracking use-of-force incidents
The Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to raise rates later this summer, after lawmakers asked the agency to postpone the increase.
A Senate measure would bolster safety for when feds returned to the office. This and more updates from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
In today's Federal Newscast, House Democrats have an idea of what the Social Security Administration should look like whenever the pandemic ends.