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As the House sets new deadlines to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by the end of September, here are several provisions that might impact federal employees and their agencies.
But what if you could create a chemical that killed bacteria, but neutralized itself into harmless natural molecules after it did its job? USDA is trying to do just that.
In today's Federal Newscast, military bases are beginning to restrict travel again as coronavirus rates are on the rise.
About 3,500 federal firefighters at the Interior Department and 11,300 others at the Agriculture Department's Forest Service will see pay raises to meet a $15 an hour threshold. Federal employees should see the raises in their paychecks starting next week, both departments said.
As detailed as solicitations and procurement rules might be, protests are a regular part of the federal contracting scene. Joseph Petrillo, attorney at the law firm Smith Pachter McWhorter, provided some analysis on the topic.
Farah Ahmad, chief of staff for Rural Development at USDA, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more about the guide and program.
Some military families may not be eligible for SNAP because of the housing allowance they receive.
In today's Federal Newscast, the federal employee vaccination mandate expected from the White House may not go down easy.
GSA, through its Public Buildings Services, manages about 371 million square feet of real estate across almost 9,000 workspaces, owns about 1,700 of those properties and leases the rest on behalf of tenant agencies.
Agencies face dozens and dozens of tricky questions in preparing for employees to return to work in-person.
Some organizations are tentatively eyeing fall agency reentry dates for their employees, but they face pressure from some members of Congress, who want to see the workforce back in-person sooner.
The Biden administration recently announced a series of steps it would take to improve pay and expand capacity for federal firefighters, but a federal union worries they're not nearly not enough to support intensifying fire seasons that grow longer each year.
The pandemic provided lessons for federal agencies to use when planning the future of federal workspaces, or lack thereof.
Relocations in the federal government have received a bit of a bad rap lately, and a recent survey and research shows agencies often struggle to track the costs and tie the moves to the professional development needs of their talent.