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More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

The 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill includes language specifically targeting federal telework reporting requirements.

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Federal duplication and overlap: same story, bigger numbers

Management

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Another attempt to determine if federal employees are underpaid

Pay

Sequestration’s head pops up, for a peek at continuing budget uncertainty

Budget

Full-year CR could mean big cuts to agency discretionary budgets

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) moors at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn. The Navy is proposing construction cutbacks and accelerated ship retirements that would delay, or sink, the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet — and potentially hurt shipyards, according to an initial proposal. The proposal would shrink the size of the fleet from today’s level of 293 ships to 287 ships, a far cry from the official goal of 355 ships established in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Navy shipbuilding has an uncertain future…and budget

Defense

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Federal pay falls even further behind the private sector

Pay

How servicemembers can get the most out of their pay

Pay

How about evidence-based policy making not just for you, but for Congress?

Congress

First Look

Agencies get first look into the 2022 Best Places to Work rankings

Workforce

The government’s financial statements are out and they’re not pretty

Agency Oversight

The latest legislative attempt to get a better retirement deal for certain feds

Two Social Security provisions have long rankled federal employees and others in public service. One is called the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)….

Congress

Maybe the Holman rule should be renamed the ‘No man rule’

A very old congressional procedure known as the Holman Rule has popped up lately. It allows a House member to amend an appropriations bill so eliminate…

Congress

House Republicans introduce plans to revive ‘Holman rule’ in Congress

Congress

The Holman rule gives lawmakers the ability to make changes to federal employees’ salaries and reduce agency staffing.