Chris Van Hollen

More guardrails needed for any potential agency relocations, federal advocates say

A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.

Workforce

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The State Department is honoring Michelle Neyland, a congressional adviser for its Bureau of International Affairs who helped make a pay raise for Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas a reality.

Feds teleworking overseas got a pay raise. State Dept honors an employee who made it happen

Federal Report

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)

Future FBI headquarters coming to Greenbelt, Maryland, GSA decides

Facilities/Construction

After USDA Antideficiency Act violation, lawmakers push bill for more relocation oversight

Workforce

Senate plans to take back $290M in TMF funding in 2024

Budget

Under this proposed law, federal agencies could not just skip town

Agency Oversight

Exclusive

Hundreds of federal employees teleworking overseas set to receive pay bump under NDAA

Pay

VA will provide ‘covered’ abortions, protect healthcare providers from state laws in new policy

Veterans Affairs

Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

Congress

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington Lawyers for a former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Trump-Russia investigation

Biden brings back plans to move FBI headquarters to suburbs in 2023 budget request

Facilities/Construction

Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic labor shortages. As spending on infrastructure rises, construction firms will need to hire at least 430,000 new skilled laborers in 2021, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Right now, only 4% of construction laborers in the U.S. are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

Federal Newscast

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, as Congress returns to a busy schedule and Democratic lawmakers are laboring to shoulder President Joe Biden's massive $3.5 trillion

What’s next for Congress now that they’ve kicked the budget stone down the road again

The continuing resolution for funding the government runs until February 18.

Congress

Congress’ summer break is like a vacation during which you’ve got to keep checking email

In the vaccine debate madness engulfing the country, one might overlook that members of Congress are under no mandate to get vaccinated themselves.

Congress

From left, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-O.R., announce a draft bill that would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

COVID safety protocols, infrastructure and insurrection on Congress’ agenda this week

Congress

A Senate measure would bolster safety for when feds returned to the office. This and more updates from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.