In the years since the 2020 election, the Office of Special Counsel has made a few tweaks to what’s OK — and not OK — for feds to do under the Hatch Act.
Bipartisan negotiations to avoid a government shutdown began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in the House.
The yearly fiscal crisis and threats of appropriation lapses affect the contractor industry no less than government employees and the programs they conduct.
VA needed emergency funding by Friday to avoid delays in compensation and pension benefit payments that go to 7 million veterans and their survivors.
"The biggest challenge on this has been the cost of repeal," NARFE's staff vice president John Hatton said.
VA needs the emergency funding by Friday to avoid delays in compensation and pension benefit payments that go to 7 million veterans and their survivors.
"We made two recommendations to the IRS to improve its oversight over conflicts of interest," Kris Nguyen said.
"Currently, there's close to 2,000 approved mentor-proteges on SBA's list, so it is definitely very popular," Shane McCall said.
"It's essentially an opportunity to to practice skills that they may not have many chances to use on a regular basis," Dr. David Riggs said.
Despite a declining use of checks in the U.S., criminals are increasingly targeting the mail to commit check fraud.
Former DHS and DoD officials said possible efforts to reimplement Schedule F would divert resources, stagnate progress and ultimately harm national security.
The Government Accountability Office estimates that fraudsters stole up to $135 billion from UI programs during the pandemic.
"It's really important for contractors to begin preparing now, if they haven't already, for that possibility," said David Berteau.
"I think that if the tone is set and the commitment is made to work towards this, other components can also achieve it," said Coralis Rodriguez.
USPS will go through ‘extraordinary measures’ between Oct. 21 and Nov. 15 to ensure mail-in ballots are counted on time.