Government Shutdown
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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 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill to make sure Congressional members use their own money to settle with harassment victims passed the House unanimously.
February 07, 2018 -
If you've been a government employee for more than month, you know what a shutdown is, and if you haven't just wait.
February 06, 2018 -
The House passed a six-week extension for civilian agencies and full-year appropriations for the Defense Department. The Senate is nearing a two-year spending cap deal.
February 06, 2018 -
With new legislation, Americans could find it more difficult to know the calorie counts of some items on restaurant menus.
February 06, 2018 -
Here we are, barely three weeks after the last shutdown, and already staring down the next. What do you think will happen this time?
February 05, 2018 -
A fifth continuing resolution this fiscal year doesn't bode well for members of the local federal contracting community, which told House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) the previous four CRs have already cost them time, money and talent.
February 01, 2018 -
Should federal workers be worried that there will be another shutdown? And if there is another one, what do feds need to know?
January 31, 2018