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The richest nation on earth has the poorest record when it comes to guaranteeing paid parental leave for its people. This is embarrassing.
Last week, we predicted Congress, at least the House, would take a new tack in how it goes about tackling the annual spending bills. The House voted to approve its own appropriation for 2017, good news for Congressional agencies. What about the Senate and the rest of the government? Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill that would change the way agencies handle more than $600 billion in yearly grant spending. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig-Leonard, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the Grant Reform and New Transparency Act would do.
The policy package the House Armed Services Committee’s Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that…
Congress, back from its Memorial Day recess, is taking an unorthodox approach to re-opening its 2017 budget debates. At least in the House, not much looks normal, or even like it did six months ago. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin on what to expect.
The policy package the House Armed Services Committee's Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that crosses the line between rites of passage and downright cruelty. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is the prime sponsor of the legislation. Her nephew, Harry Lew, took his own life after abuse by fellow Marines. She tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the military’s first step should be to come up with a common definition of hazing.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin that Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's sudden shutdown of the entire rail system on March 16 for emergency repairs was a "bold stroke" in the right direction, despite the furor it generated from commuting federal employees.
Congress wants to get a sense of how much real estate the government owns and to help the General Services Administration manage it better.
The House is working on appropriations. The Senate is laboring away on the Defense Authorization Aill for 2017. CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin if this is all business as usual.
When Congress declares war on the Internal Revenue Service, who pays for it and who loses? Senior correspondent Mike Causey says you are literally in bed with the payee.
So what are the odds federal workers will get a pay raise in January? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is good news and there is bad news.
Congressional Republicans continue to weigh whether or not they want to move to impeach the head of the IRS. The House Judiciary Committee said it plans to have two hearings over the next several weeks to look into possible misconduct of Commissioner John Koskinen.
The Social Security Administration has a backlog of a million disability cases to process, but the leaders of a Senate oversight subcommittee say the agency's plan to reduce the backlog raises too many red flags about due process.
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, said Tuesday that he’s comfortable with a package of procurement reforms the House Armed Services Committee passed two weeks ago, largely because the final bill took a step back from strict language that would have required DoD to use modular open architectures on all of its major weapons systems.