CARES Act

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Transportation Security Administration soon will offer early retirements to employees across the agency.

Congress — most of it, anyway — returns to Washington with a long agenda. At the top of the list is what will be in a fourth stimulus bill if there is one.

Investments in building a digital government have paid dividends for some agencies, and some have sought to expedite modernization projects through funding in the CARES Act.

House Democrats in their latest stimulus bill included a billion dollars for federal IT modernization after a $3 billion proposal was left out of the CARES Act.

Since Congress approved nearly $3 trillion in pandemic spending the Treasury Department, the bureau and the IRS have come together to get this money out as quickly and efficiently as possible.

For some of the prospects, WTOP congressional correspondent Mitchell Miller joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

In today’s Federal Newscast, two members of Congress want the White House to save all records on the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.

What a week for the Thrift Savings Plan. The TSP offered more details on how its participants can take loans and withdrawals during the coronavirus pandemic, and the international fund faces a different fate.

In the last couple of weeks, GAO has reissued reminders on open recommendations. It’s a long list.

The Small Business Administration was given a seemingly impossible task when lawmakers appropriated two tranches of money to loan businesses in March and April.