Government Shutdown
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Instead of "essential" and nonessential," the labels “emergency” and “nonemergency”are being used more to describe which feds have to work in the event of a government shutdown, whether from bad storms or blustering in the White House
August 07, 2018 -
Today the House is in recess until after Labor Day. Proposed changes in FERS, which would require you to pay 6 percent more for the benefit while cost of living adjustments would be eliminated for retirees, seem less urgent.
August 06, 2018 -
With a possible governmentwide shutdown just 58 days away, survivors of previous time-outs are remembering how they coped, if they were ordered not to work, or to go to work without the guarantee of getting paid.
August 03, 2018 -
Yesterday Mike Causey asked people to revisit the ghosts of shutdowns past and remember how they handled the financial and emotional strain. Shutdowns can be traumatic financially, but some feds said they turned them into a vacation.
August 02, 2018 -
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) said the security clearance backlog has reached an untenable point. He and his committee members are keeping an eye on the backlog.
July 31, 2018 -
Unusually, the Senate is moving faster than the House this year on appropriations bills for 2019.
July 31, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service says millenials received significantly less mail in 2017 than the year before. Meanwhile Mitch McConnell said he has no plans to shut down the government over President Trump’s push for border wall funds.
July 31, 2018 -
How many shutdowns have you been through? How did you get by? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know.
July 31, 2018 -
What are the chances of a government shutdown in fiscal year 2019? Find out when Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. July 9, 2018
July 06, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, wary of another last-minute budget deal, seven Republican senators asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to expedite floor consideration of funding bills and nominees before the end of the fiscal year.
May 16, 2018 -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday in an effort to build institutional capabilities to drive IT modernization.
May 15, 2018 -
Feds may be harder to fire but the private sector is largely protected from furloughs or the government shutdowns that have plagued their public sector counterparts.
March 23, 2018 -
The President's Management Agenda stresses over and over the need to modernize legacy systems and deploy more digital services
March 21, 2018 -
Though lawmakers still haven't unveiled the final text of an omnibus spending package for the rest of fiscal 2018, veterans organizations and members of Congress are hopeful the bill will contain major VA policies.
March 21, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a few questions about some recent top news stories.
March 20, 2018