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Congress

Congress faces more than the usual million-dollar demands for money

Biden
Congress

GOP senators, SBA butt heads over disaster loan funding

Climate Weather Control
Budget

Small business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds

Commerce Department
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Workforce

Commerce Department spreads Chips Act money across the country

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
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Hiring/Retention

VA to remain ‘very discerning’ on health care hiring, calls on Congress to address $12B shortfall in December

Congress Budget
Budget

Spending deal averts possible government shutdown, funds government into December

September 7-9, 2022, Washington, D.C.-  The VA NAII 2022 BRAIN Summit brought together AI specialists, researchers and NAII colleagues to discuss AI advancements and benefits to Veteran health. (VA/Yossi May)
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Veterans Affairs

Senate passes $3B VA supplemental funding bill, averting delay in veterans’ benefits

VA, IT, data
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Veterans Affairs

$3B VA supplemental passes House, senators urge final vote by Friday deadline

Social Security
Management

Social Security Administration urging budget anomaly to avoid ‘devastating’ impacts

Congress Budget
Congress

Speaker Johnson postpones vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants
Hiring/Retention

VA plans to keep growing health care workforce, if Congress fixes $12B shortfall in FY 2025 budget

The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern ahead of a briefing by State Department spokesperson Ned Price at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Pay

Feds working overseas face 22% pay cut, if Congress doesn’t reauthorize necessary funds

Government Accountability Office, federal budget oversight
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Workforce

A bill with the potential to improve federal spending transparency

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A House committee unveiled a disputed plan July 21, 2017, to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Budget

House Republicans lead $3B VA supplement to fix year-end budget shortfall

Pay
Reporter's Notebook

2026 pay raise and 5 other reasons to pay attention to A-11

Washington D.C. Ahead Of NATO Summit
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Federal Drive

The political battle takes shape: What it could mean for basic governmental operations

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