Congress
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In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees teleworking overseas get a pay bump, 2023 Presidential Rank Awards nominations open and more.
January 10, 2023 -
Draft findings from the office of the inspector general show sexual misconduct and domestic violence are going uninvestigated, unreported or unpunished at four DHS law enforcement components.
April 15, 2022 -
The Department of Defense has been steadily spending more and more dollars with fewer and fewer prime contractors, which has top brass and some members of Congress worried.
March 25, 2021 -
Federal government came through the riots looking about the same.
January 14, 2021 -
A top House lawmaker has announced that Congress will pass a governmentwide temporary spending bill to keep the government running through Dec. 20, forestalling a government shutdown as the House turns its focus to impeachment hearings
November 12, 2019 -
Trump administration declares victory in international compromise that will allow the U.S. Postal Service to collect higher fees for delivery of small packages entering the country.
September 26, 2019 -
Will Congress get to second base on Social Security reform? There's actually a serious bill in the House to deal with Social Security's looming insolvency.
August 13, 2019 -
Tom Temin argues it's not the idea that's problematic — it's the way Congress presents it.
July 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, yet another legislative attempt to block the Trump administration's proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration, passed the House.
July 12, 2019 -
Some see federal employment as a protected world of benefits, protections, a great place to retire from, etc. But the reality is sometimes very different.
July 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson wants the IG to find out if CBP leadership knew about a secret Facebook group.
July 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, funding to support the Interior Department's plans to reorganize its bureaus and management functions into 12 unified regions across the country is absent from the House 20-20 appropriations bill.
June 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate and House Veterans Affairs committee leaders are demanding answers from the VA about claims involving secret wait lists for veterans seeking care.
June 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress approved its first round of recommendations.
May 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget is expressing its displeasure with the early versions of appropriations bills coming out of the House committee.
May 24, 2019