Tom Temin
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In today's Federal Newscast, after eight years, Customs and Border Protection has reached a $45 million class action settlement.
August 14, 2024 -
One of the TSA's most successful innovations is PreCheck, which recently hit the milestone of 20 million enrollees.
August 14, 2024 -
The Veterans Affairs Department has a system for detecting errors and fraud payments made for health care. suspended the Program Integrity Tool two years ago.
August 13, 2024 -
Come next year, the General Services Administration will likely have a new administrator. A longtime federal sales expert has a few suggestions for GSA reform.
August 13, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new instances of fraud in the government’s Flexible Spending Account program, FSAFEDS, are dwindling.
August 13, 2024 -
Schedule F. The Trump administration gambit to make policy-connected career federal employees easier to let go and replace. No one knows whether it will return.
August 12, 2024 -
Health and Human Services reorganized to "streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data, and artificial and policy functions."
August 12, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a long-awaited bill to reform the government’s hiring process has cleared the way to a possible Senate floor vote.
August 12, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of employees is calling for the government to address sexual misconduct in the federal workplace.
August 09, 2024 -
Its website provides the front door to the Thrift Savings Plans for most federal employees. The board that runs the TSP has contracted for many updates.
August 09, 2024 -
At Veterans Affairs, about two-and-a-half percent of contract dollars have gone to women-owned businesses, against a goal of five percent.
August 09, 2024 -
NASA enjoys high ratings from the public and its employees. Its approach to having astronauts stuck at the Space Station bolsters that confidence.
August 08, 2024 -
The end of July isn't the end of summer — but the drying leaves mean autumn, and time to think about end-of-year retirement planning.
August 08, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal wildland firefighters appear a step closer to securing a permanent pay raise.
August 08, 2024 -
A fresh round of thinkers has arrived at four of the Energy Department's national laboratories. They're known as lab-embedded entrepreneurs.
August 08, 2024