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Members of Congress continue their interest in seeing the curtailment of animal testing for drugs and cosmetics. Now some members are urging the Food and Drug Administration to develop guidance for industry on how to avoid animal testing for products requiring FDA approval.
Director of State's Refugee Processing Center Hilary Ingraham, and Domestic Resettlement Chief Holly Herrera joined the Federal Drive to talk about their response to the Afghanistan refugee crisis.
DoD is now doing a review to ensure all restrictions are lifted.
In today's Federal Newscast, new proposal from the Department of Education is aiming to expand student loan relief programs for federal workers.
D.C. congresswoman shares more details about her plans to address challenges from the Thrift Savings Plan update.
The principal overseer of government operations and budget execution also has to go to Congress each year for its own appropriation. The Government Accountability Office uses the savings its caused throughout government as its own justification. For 2023, GAO is asking for $810 million, a nearly 13% increase from what it received for the current fiscal year.
Agencies across the board have been turning to innovation challenges to come up with fresh answers to old problems. Now the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a challenge. SAMHSA is looking for new approaches to behavioral health recovery.
This first week in July, contractors are making the start of the fiscal quarter in which the government spends the biggest portion of available dollars.
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal appeals court is hearing arguments today over whether federal employees who worked without pay during government shutdowns are owed extra money.
If copyrights are a measure of women's long-term rise in economic participation, trends show progress but still a ways to go. A recent study by the U.S. Copyright Office shows that over a 40-year period, women's share of registrations rose from 28%, to 38% in 2020.
China can't do anything to prevent Congress from passing a budget on time for 2023. But the China competitiveness bill could do just that. With the year-end just three months away now, legislative arguments over the bill threaten budget talks.
For an update, VA's Executive Director of Loan Guaranty John Bell III spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon wants input from industry as part of a new study on the financial health of the Defense industrial base
For more on the VA Office of Inspector General Training Act, one of its original sponsors, Illinois Democrat Lauren Underwood spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.