National & World Headlines
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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors
April 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says DoD's plan to buy 2,500 F-35's may not be a good idea.
April 26, 2021 -
After weeks of wonder by the networking community, the Pentagon has now provided a very terse explanation for why it hired a shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank to manage a colossal, previously idle chunk of the internet that it owns
April 25, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration has a goal using renewable electricity for the entire federal real estate portfolio by 2025
April 23, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say agencies should provide diagnostic COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated federal employees.
April 20, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, USPS data shows it's been able to improve delivery times after a busy holiday season.
April 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Treasury Department is standing up a central office to oversee COVID-19 economic relief spending.
April 15, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, inventors working anything Covid related could get special goodies from the Patent and Trademark Office.
April 06, 2021 -
In today's Newscast, the president wants to set aside $18 billion to repair and modernize VA facilities, and also invest $10 billion in other federal buildings.
April 01, 2021 -
The Pentagon has swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military and issued new rules that broaden their access to medical care and gender transition
March 31, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, if you get your healthcare via the Defense Department, you can now make an appointment for a COVID vaccination online.
March 31, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Health and Human Services is looking for federal employees to serve four-month details at the southern border.
March 29, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of lawmakers urge President Joe Biden to backpedal firings and suspensions of White House staffers for prior cannabis use.
March 26, 2021 -
A watchdog report finds that a former Navy civilian auditor sexually harassed at least a dozen female employees for more than two decades as part of a pervasive pattern of misconduct and retaliation
March 24, 2021 -
Army leaders are kicking out the requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck as part of the new physical fitness test.
March 22, 2021