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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering a document the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of a Donald Trump aide during the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) — Trump_Russia_Probe_60525

Facilities/Construction

Future FBI headquarters coming to Greenbelt, Maryland, GSA decides

A decade-long disagreement over where to build a new headquarters for the FBI is now settled. Federal officials confirmed Wednesday night that the General Services Administration has selected Greenbelt as the future home of the FBI headquarters.

Acquisition Policy

Senate pulls SBIR back from brink of sunsetting

Reporter's Notebook

The fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of the next month

Congress

Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

Hiring/Retention

State Dept. IG raises 'favoritism' concerns within Foreign Service promotion boards

Federal Report

A Medicare idea you can sink your teeth into

Hiring/Retention

Former State Department leaders urge Congress to address chronic Foreign Service workforce challenges

Federal Newscast

Contracting community asks Congress for more tech funding — again

FILE - This Feb. 3, 2012, file photo shows FBI headquarters in Washington. Many U.S. diplomatic, military and government figures were not told about Russia-linked attempts to hack into their emails, even though the FBI knew they were in the Kremlin’s crosshairs, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Federal Newscast

After Trump axed plan, senators now ask President Biden about new FBI headquarters

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. The FBI has been shaken by a series of sexual misconduct cases involving senior leadership over the past few years, including two new claims brought in December 2020 by women who say they were sexually assaulted by supervisors. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Green Buildings

Building Back Greener: Does federal government still need as much space post-COVID?

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Congress

Will Congress ever return to the normal budget process? Whatever that is

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on Isabella Casillas Guzman's nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP)

Congress

Senator Cardin on the SBA and other issues before Congress

Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., questions Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Washington. (Toni Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Agency Oversight

Lawmakers ask for GAO's help to identify 'burrowing' over last 4 years

OPM

Workforce

USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline

FILE- In this July 8, 2020 file photo, Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York broke a COVID-19 testing record Friday, July 31, 2020, by conducting 82,737 tests, the highest number ever conducted in a single day in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday in a written statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal Newscast

Lawmakers hope to secure more funding for NIH's coronavirus efforts

Mark Warner

Congress

Exclusive Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

An American flag flies above the White House, Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Washington, a day after it flew at half-staff in remembrance of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal Newscast

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo a citizen candidate holds an American flag and the words to The Star-Spangled Banner before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami field office in Miami. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers can now create fictitious social media accounts to monitor information on foreigners seeking visas, green cards and citizenship.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Workforce

With improved financial outlook, USCIS buys more time to avoid employee furloughs

NAT Trump

Federal Newscast

Senators question role the pandemic played in financial problems at USCIS

Workforce

Administration's reopening plans 'unsafe' for federal employees, senators say

Chuck Grassley

Federal Newscast

Senator holds up Trump nominations until he gets answers on fired IG's

Ben Cardin

Congress

Md. Senator Ben Cardin on the coronavirus emergency stimulus bill

Mark Warner

Federal Newscast

Congressional worries of coronavirus impact on federal programs continue

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