Federal Drive
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Two federal executives exemplify the power of passion in how they approach their jobs.
March 30, 2023 -
More than $22 million in cash prizes are available to teams with the best ideas accelerate widespread, equitable energy efficiency and building electrification upgrades. The Energy Department's Buildings Upgrade Prize, or Buildings UP, is asking teams to submit innovative concepts to increase building energy upgrades, with an nod toward equity or innovation.
March 29, 2023 -
When the Trump administration moved two small agencies of the Agriculture Department to Kansas City, Missouri, it lit a storm of opposition. The agencies have more or less settled down, but the move remains an object of study. Now the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has laid out what it calls leading practices for re-locations.
March 29, 2023 -
Bank stocks might look like dicey propositions these days. There's nothing to focus investors' minds like the possibility of a run on the banks. It's not 2008 though, and we probably won't see the failure of hundreds of banks like we did back then. For more on the state of money and investments, big and small, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Certified Investment Planner Art Stein.
March 29, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: After eight years of double and triple billing DoD for genetic tests, LabCorp pays a $2.1 million settlement. An IRS watchdog says the agency's uncollected taxes estimate in not clear enough. And House Democrats want to create another investment option for TSP participants.
March 29, 2023 -
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) does all of its work overseas. It engages with local grantees and contractors to do the work in a particular country.
March 28, 2023 -
Equal employment opportunity disputes still occur in federal agencies. People feel wrongly discriminated against or they really are discriminated against for the wrong reasons.
March 28, 2023 -
The United States Agency for International Development is focused on its modernization efforts for employees.
March 28, 2023