Chris Van Hollen
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The government abandoned its current plan to replace the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters, leaving employees in the deteriorating J. Edgar Hoover Building for the foreseeable future.
July 11, 2017 -
Senators sent the Congressional Budget Office a series of questions related to its recent study comparing federal employee compensation to the private sector. But senators won't find much clarity or many concrete conclusions from CBO's responses.
June 22, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, two senior Republican lawmakers have called for reassurances from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that is not interfering with its employees’ communications with members of Congress.
May 05, 2017 -
A Veterans Affairs Inspector General report caused the agency to take immediate action and rethink who it put in charge of the Washington, D.C. medical center. The report detailed serious deficiencies in inventory management, including surgeries and other procedures being performed with expired or possibly non-sterile materials, or postponed due to a lack of supplies altogether.
April 13, 2017 -
The General Services Administration wants Congress to secure funding for the billion-dollar project before it takes any more steps toward a new FBI headquarters.
March 10, 2017 -
Members of the National Treasury Employees Union took to Capitol Hill Thursday morning to rally for support on several issues they fear are under attack in the 115th Congress and Trump administration. NTEU members say they're concerned about receiving fair pay, protecting health and retirement benefits and maintaining their due process rights. They're also worried that President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to civilian agencies could hinder their ability to do their jobs well.
March 02, 2017 -
Fifteen senators signed a resolution this week, expressing their support of the federal workforce and pledging their opposition to recent actions from Congress and the White House.
February 10, 2017 -
While Republicans clinched the White House and both congressional chambers, government pundits say it's important that both political parties support the federal workforce and government, especially in the D.C. area.
November 09, 2016 -
Election Day can be a whirlwind of campaign signs, crowded polling sites and an avalanche of social media posts. To help cut through the chaos, here's Federal News Radio's roundup of congressional races, presidential platforms and Hatch Act reminders.
November 08, 2016 -
Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote to OPM acting Director Beth Cobert asking for the agency to give federal employees and retirees more time to understand why long-term health care premiums increased so much.
September 23, 2016 -
Legislation to boost federal workers' pay by 5.3 percent is set to be introduced by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) The bill comes after President Barack Obama proposed a 1.6 percent increase in his fiscal 2017 budget.
February 12, 2016 -
The American Federation of Government Employees, along with some members of Congress, said a 5.3 percent pay raise for civilian and military personnel isn't out of the question in 2017, after six years of nearly stagnant wages.
February 08, 2016 -
Members of Congress in the Washington area scored highly yet again on this year's report card put out by Federally Employed Women.
January 28, 2016 -
As agencies demand more funding from Congress in the fiscal 2016 budget, many members want the National Institutes of Health to receive what the Senate Appropriations Committee has already approved.
November 18, 2015 -
Congressional leaders are calling for bipartisan efforts to raise spending caps, to keep Defense funded and also provide government services that so many Americans rely on for education, health and employment.
October 08, 2015