Government Shutdown
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Federal News Radio correspondents Nicole Ogrysko, Eric White, Jory Heckman and David Thornton join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to talk about the hottest topics on their beats and what may be ahead for active and retired feds. March 21, 2018
March 20, 2018 -
When asked if lawmakers would avert another government shutdown midnight Friday, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told an audience of federal employees it's still a toss-up.
March 19, 2018 -
Federal News Radio wants to know what effects the continuing resolutions and shutdowns have had on you and your agency.
March 19, 2018 -
Lawmakers have spent the last four weeks finalizing appropriations for fiscal 2018, with the intent of packaging all 12 spending bills into one omnibus.
March 12, 2018 -
How would you like to find your name on a public list of half a million to 750,000 other civil servants who have been judged NONESSENTIAL to government operations?
March 05, 2018 -
Infrastructure, artificial intelligence and other congressional efforts you may not have heard aboutLawmakers have introduced legislation to expand VA Choice privileges, grow cyber talent and promote infrastructure projects.
February 22, 2018 -
It may be recess week, but gun debates seem to be consuming House members and there's still the simmering issue of immigration.
February 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies they may need to be flexible when applying retroactive pay for federal employees during the most recent government shutdown.
February 19, 2018 -
If you went to bed at a decent hour last Thursday night, you missed the great 8-hour government stealth shutdown.
February 09, 2018 -
Federal News Radio's Tom Temin says the new, two-year, topline spending ceiling raised eyebrows even as it raised the coming deficits.
February 09, 2018 -
President Donald Trump's signature on a two-year spending agreement and six-week continuing resolution ended an hours-long government shutdown Friday morning.
February 08, 2018 -
Unlike previous two-year, bipartisan budget agreements, the Senate's latest deal does not use higher federal employee retirement contributions as an offset to a $300 billion spending boost over 2018 and 2019.
February 08, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report for the Government Accountability Office critiqued the Homeland Security Department's implementation of the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act.
February 08, 2018 -
As Congress works to avert a government shutdown before midnight Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security says the perennial cycle of shutdowns and short-term continuing resolutions has threatened readiness at the agency.
February 07, 2018 -
Will Congress pass another CR or shutdown the government again? Federal News Radio survey results show feds pessimistic about either outcome.
February 07, 2018