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Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

In today’s Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights…

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Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Federal Newscast

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

Agency Oversight

GAO pleading with agencies to follow recommendations to improve pandemic response

Federal Newscast

$4 million kickback scheme gets former defense contractor 42-month prison sentence

Federal Newscast

Census Bureau to complete final stretch of 2020 count despite ‘challenging’ conditions

Agency Oversight

Census Bureau scrambling to wrap up 2020 count, verify data

Agency Oversight

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

In today’s Federal Newscast, senior executives and federal managers have some harsh criticism for the Office of Management and Budget’s recent directive…

Federal Newscast

A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Census experts warn ‘extreme truncation’ of 2020 count puts data quality at risk

The Census Bureau will wrap up field operations for the 2020 count in less than 20 days, but enumerators have yet to count 15% of the population in 10…

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FILE - This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. With a failed attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question, the hiring of three political appointees with limited experience to top positions, a sped-up schedule and a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented residents from the process of redrawing congressional districts, the 2020 census has descended into a high-stakes partisan battle. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Census Bureau stops layoffs for door knockers after order

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Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop temporarily winding down operations for the 2020 census, the statistical agency says it’s refraining from laying off some census takers and it’s restoring some quality-control steps

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

No ‘hard stop’ for 2020 census if data processing runs past statutory deadline

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count

Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October

House members now pushing for way to let feds opt-out of payroll tax deferral

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

GAO pleading with agencies to follow recommendations to improve pandemic response

$4 million kickback scheme gets former defense contractor 42-month prison sentence

Census Bureau to complete final stretch of 2020 count despite ‘challenging’ conditions

Census Bureau scrambling to wrap up 2020 count, verify data

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

Census experts warn ‘extreme truncation’ of 2020 count puts data quality at risk

Census Bureau stops layoffs for door knockers after order

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