Ben Cardin
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Members in the House and Senate have reintroduced legislation that would guarantee back pay for excepted and furloughed federal employees during this and any government shutdown. The Senate version clarifies employees would receive pay as soon as agencies reopen, regardless of payroll schedules.
January 03, 2019 -
A package of bills from House Democrats would reopen government, provide full-year funding for most federal agencies and give civilian employees a pay raise in 2019.
January 01, 2019 -
The Office of Management and Budget has made a partial government shutdown official. Agencies have been instructed to execute plans to "begin an orderly shutdown."
December 21, 2018 -
The House has passed its own continuing resolution that would fund all of government through Feb. 8 and provide $5 billion toward the southern border. The CR is reportedly a tough sell in the Senate, setting up further anxiety and uncertainty ahead of Friday's partial shutdown deadline.
December 20, 2018 -
The Senate cleared the first hurdle in preventing a partial government shutdown on Dec. 21.
December 19, 2018 -
Democrats won the House in Tuesday's midterm elections but several Washington, D.C.-area races and seats important to federal workers were more of a mixed bag.
November 07, 2018 -
For federal employees, these midterms could have significant consequences. Use our map to see a selection of key Senate races that could impact how federal employees do their jobs.
November 02, 2018 -
A group of senators want more answers from the Office of Personnel Management about how agencies are complying with an August court order that invalidated the president's workforce executive orders.
November 01, 2018 -
The General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Ad Hoc and Fearless to upgrade the search.gov platform.
October 01, 2018 -
Members of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works now hold one more piece of the Trump administration's rationale to suddenly reverse course on the construction of a new FBI headquarters.
August 01, 2018 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority reportedly told the American Federation of Government Employees this week that the Education Department did bargain in "bad faith" when it ended ground rules negotiations and implemented its own management document.
July 27, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act cleared the House, bringing service members one step closer to a pay raise.
July 27, 2018 -
As the Internal Revenue Service rolls out its five-year roadmap to delivering faster, more efficient service, and prepares for upgrades under the next tax reform law, a bipartisan duo aims to restore the agency's long-neglected oversight board.
July 26, 2018 -
Military spouses face unemployment three times higher than their civilian counterparts. One group has come forward to help to turn that around.
July 09, 2018 -
A federal judge will hear a motion for summary judgment on several federal unions' objections to the president's recent executive orders in U.S. District Court on July 25.
June 20, 2018