Agriculture Department

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group in the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants more information about VA’s plans to curb sexual harassment.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new bill would grant OMB, GSA the authority to draft plans for moving non-national security agencies to other areas.

Employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) voted 138 to 4 to join a collective bargaining unit with the American Federation of Government Employees, days after the Agriculture Department further narrowed down its list of possible sites for the relocation of ERS and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Participation in federal telework programs fell slightly in 2017, according to the latest data from the Office of Personnel Management’s report to Congress.

The Agriculture Department said it plans to make a final recommendation on a new location for both the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in early May.

Solar power has ended up on the back burner in recent years but a new framework published by the Agriculture Department would rev up development.

In the omnibus spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law last week, CIOs at the Agriculture and State departments received specific empowerments provisions.

The Agriculture Department said the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can last until the end of February if Congress fails to agree on a way to end the government shutdown.

The Agriculture Department plans to reopen all Farm Service Agency offices for the duration of the partial government shutdown, on the same day a temporary plan to reopen select agency offices was set to expire. 

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bill introduced by Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) would authorize congressional payroll administrators to dock pay for members of Congress for as long as a government shutdown continues.