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Chris Van Hollen, Debbie Stabenow, Chuck Schumer

Bipartisan bill builds on momentum for greater federal R&D spending

The bill directs the Commerce Department to partner with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to identify the ten most critical…

IT Modernization

State Dept adds 1,200 to Foreign Service ranks under Democrats’ $12B budget plan

Budget

The Senate has never truly supported IT modernization and here’s what has to change

Reporter's Notebook

Omnibus endorses 1% federal pay raise, gives feds more time to repay deferred payroll taxes

Pay & Benefits

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

Agency Oversight

What’s left on the end-of-year to-do list? Just about everything!

Federal Report

Senate appropriators propose federal pay freeze for civilian employees in 2021

Pay

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

All eyes on the Senate, will any other work get done?

Congress

Industry pushes back against WH order on diversity and inclusion training

Federal Newscast

A bill to make the payroll tax deferral optional, and others worth watching

Congress

Lawmakers again want a payroll tax deferral opt-out for feds after ‘chaotic’ rollout

Pay

What they’re saying about the payroll tax deferral

Military members and federal employee groups worry those impacted by the president’s mandatory payroll tax deferral aren’t getting the message about the…