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In today's Federal Newscast, the White House tells agencies to hold off on publishing any new rules until after President Biden’s appointees have had a chance to review them.
January 21, 2021 -
A signature initiative of the Trump administration was the removal of what agency heads considered excessive or outdated regulations.
January 21, 2021 -
In the latest installment in a 20 year rebuilding project, the State Department is about to embark on a new embassy in New Delhi, India. It will result in an entirely new approach in one of the most diplomatically crucial cities.
January 21, 2021 -
The IRS estimates it will need $4 billion in multi-year funding over the next five years to meet the goals of the 2019 Taxpayer First Act and its IT modernization plan.
January 21, 2021 -
The inauguration showed continuity reflected in the building where it took place.
January 21, 2021 -
Here's a partial list of the acting officials who will serve as agency heads until President Biden's nominees are confirmed, as released by the White House on Wednesday afternoon. Most, but not all, are career civil servants.
January 20, 2021 -
The IRS is sending a second wave of pandemic stimulus payments, preparing to open this year’s tax filing season and Implement its largest reorganization in decades under the Taxpayer First Act.
January 20, 2021 -
In a slew of executive actions on his first day in office, President Joe Biden reinstated previously-canceled diversity and inclusion training for federal employees and issued a mask mandate for those working inside government buildings.
January 20, 2021 -
Donald Trump released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge
January 20, 2021 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy released three memos since October to give agencies guidance on buying from AbilityOne firms, emphasizing skills over education in contracts.
January 20, 2021 -
Democrats had hoped to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, a Obama-era veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, as the new DHS secretary under President-elect Joe Biden. But Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has said he will place a hold on Mayorkas' nomination.
January 19, 2021 -
With ongoing threats of violence, tomorrow's inauguration presents extra challenges on the security front.
January 19, 2021 -
Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.
January 18, 2021 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said it will push agencies at the bargaining table, as well as the new administration and Congress through legislation or new policy, to consider making telework arrangements and remote work programs permanent.
January 18, 2021 -
U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is planning to resign with the change in presidential administrations
January 18, 2021