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Veterans Affairs and the American Federation of Government Employees more than spar over the recommendations for realigning VA people and facilities
After two years of total vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board now has two of its three members, enough to make decisions that stick.
All the General Services Administration was trying to do was get new office space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Rhode Island. But, in a word, if bungled the procurement. The inspector general said so. So did the courts.
The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government's highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection Board has a quorum of two members. The Senate confirmed them a couple of weeks ago, ending five years without a quorum.
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department didn’t communicate key elements of its global evacuation policy to the 26 agencies whose employees work in embassies and consulates overseas.
The Capitol and its environs have been mostly closed to visitors since - well, you know. Tourists, Girl Scout troops, and Lions Club presidents aren't the only ones who want the Capitol opened back up, so do lobbyists. They're circulating an open letter trying to nudge members to get back to normal.
For several years now, the Department of Veterans Affairs has operated a grant program to help disabled veterans adapt their homes. The program is called Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology.
On orders from Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been doing a detailed study of nearly 100 health care markets nationwide.
In today's Federal Newscast, two initiatives seek to prohibit use of a people's prior salaries when hiring them
The State Department is one of the latest agencies to launch a Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment (SME-QA) pilot, this time focused on hiring grant management specialists and foreign affairs officers.
Contractors and their representatives report troubles with the Multiple Award Schedule system. The MAS is the long running and very popular system for delivering routine products to the government. The General Services Administration has operated the schedules for decades.
Any federal employee who's come near classified or secret information know what happens if they try to publish something or give a speech. The federal government has at least 17 pre-publication review boards with the authority to say no.
Social Security is an agency in some crisis as labor relations are strained with ongoing uncertainty over their contracts.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Defense is facing a protest of its $11 billion IT contract award.