Congressional Budget Office

• What to do if the stock market gyrations are making you seasick

  A tough year for federal employees in both the stock market and the bond market over the past year.

  Workforce

  November 16, 2022
• You’re fired! No, you’re not. Hold it, wait a minute…

  The case of a dismissed VA chaplain shows how long it can take to resolve an appealed firing.

  Federal Report

  September 22, 2022
• Can government go green without overhauling procurement rules?

  A former Public Buildings Service commissioner said aligning clean energy and other sustainability goals with agency missions is central to achieving low carbon benchmarks.

  Green Buildings

  August 25, 2022
• Breaking down a few key recommendations from the Federal Salary Council

  Recommendations to expand pay localities, adjust requirements to add new localities and more from the Federal Salary Council.

  Pay

  August 12, 2022
• New locality-pay adjustments will impact thousands of federal workers

  In today's Federal Newscast, the IRS is getting billions more for enforcement, and some feds in the West and Pacific Northwest expect some locality pay to be in their future.

  Federal Newscast

  August 08, 2022
• VA looks to overhaul pay, ‘antiquated’ hiring processes in major veteran care bill

  The Honoring Our PACT Act would expand disability compensation and health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service.

  Veterans Affairs

  June 15, 2022
• Some members of Congress are working to make things more civil, in a Congress that works better

  The select committee on the modernization of Congress has lately been pursuing, among other things, a very un-modern idea. Namely, how to enhance civility and collaboration. On Thursday it conducted a hearing on this and other matters. For an update on the committee's work, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke the committee chairman, Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), and the vice chairman, William Timmons (R-S.C.).

  Congress

  January 24, 2022
• Navy appeals court decision barring punishment for SEALs who refused vaccine

  Government attorneys appealed a Texas judge's finding that the Navy's strict religious accommodation process violates the religious freedoms of 35 sailors who refused the vaccine.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  January 24, 2022
• Yes it got an infrastructure bill passed, but Congress still has a lot of work to do

  President Biden signs an infrastructure bill Monday, which passed in the House last week after a long and messy debate. Bloomberg Government Deputy News Directer Loren Duggan has this week's outlook on how to keep the government afloat.

  Congress

  November 15, 2021
• JAIC thinks AI might solve DoD’s struggles with contract writing systems

  The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center wants to see if AI algorithms can navigate the Federal Acquisition Regulation and build an RFP themselves.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  October 11, 2021
• TRICARE drug prices will rise next year, and in the foreseeable future

  TRICARE beneficiaries who get their drugs through home delivery or through a retail pharmacy will pay anywhere from $1 to $8 more in copayments starting in 2022.

  Defense

  October 04, 2021
• IRS could raise $200B in revenue, double its workforce under Biden spending plan

  The IRS plans to surge its hiring to fill its depleted ranks. The agency told Congress last year it has 33,000 fewer employees than it did a decade ago.

  Agency Oversight

  September 03, 2021
• Paid leave expansion for federal employees advances after contentious committee debate

  The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act expands paid time off to all federal workers, allowing them up to 12 weeks to recover from a personal illness or care for a sick parent or family member.

  Benefits

  July 20, 2021
• The writers of this century-old law might not recognize how it is actually followed

  The Budget and Accounting Act set up the system by which presidents proposed budgets to Congress a century ago. But does the current process reflect that original vision?

  Budget

  July 15, 2021