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President Donald Trump announced the nomination of a permanent administrator of Federal Aviation Administration as the agency faces new scrutiny over its oversight after a pair of deadly crashes by Boeing's new aircraft.
March 19, 2019 -
Ryan Cote joined the Transportation Department on Feb. 4 after spending most of his career in the private sector.
March 18, 2019 -
Bipartisan support is growing for a proposed bill to remove barriers to federal employment for people with a criminal record.
March 18, 2019 -
Sen. James Lankford says whatever retirement changes occur should only apply to new hires. Hear this story and more in today's Federal Newscast.
March 15, 2019 -
The commander of the nation's top cyber security agencies — the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command — will not confirm that he has recommended the two agencies split from one another next year.
March 14, 2019 -
Maria Vargas, director of the Better Buildings Challenge at the Energy Department, joined Women of Washington to promote energy efficiency across organizations and government, and share her advice on seizing opportunities in life that push you to be stronger, better in your career.
March 13, 2019 -
The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex
March 12, 2019 -
The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy believes fiscal 2018 will mark yet another record year for the volume of new Freedom of Information Act requests filed by the public.
March 12, 2019 -
The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal for government spending gives a big boost to the Pentagon and other security-related agencies, while calling for a cut of more than $2.7 trillion in federal civilian spending over the next ten years.
March 12, 2019 -
President Donald Trump's 2020 budget would bypass defense funding caps by adding nearly $100 billion to DoD's wartime spending account.
March 11, 2019 -
Members of Congress may be rude, but the Government Accountability Office, the federal oversight agency, sticks to the facts.
March 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the last government shutdown, in an upcoming disaster relief package.
March 11, 2019 -
With the resumption of moon missions and plans to launch people to Mars, sustaining life and good health in space and for a long time is becoming a federal priority.
March 11, 2019 -
Bill Vajda returns to the federal government after spending the last decade in state government and replaces Sylvia Burns.
March 08, 2019 -
Suzi Connor, the chief information officer at CDC, said a new three-pronged approach will change the way the agency manages and uses technology.
March 08, 2019