Deb Haaland

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The Senate is alone on Capitol Hill this week, as the budget debate rolls on

The House is in recess this week, but the Senate will hear more budget testimony and deal with judicial nominees.  Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the…

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Photo courtesy of the Air ForceAirman First Class Brandy Fraher, who is in the final stages of her pregnancy, receives an examination from Major Noreen Burke during a unit training assembly. With restrictions, non flying pregnant Reservists may participate in all UTAs and annual tours until the 34th week of the pregnancy.

Air Force expanding maternity uniform access for airmen

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Vacancies persist after BLM relocation drove experienced, diverse employees from agency, GAO finds

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Combined Federal Campaign

With donations rebounding during pandemic, CFC ready to build on last year’s successes

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Interior will move BLM headquarters, senior officials back to DC

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(U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service photo by Lisa Cox)Practice makes perfect: firefighter Nick Vallardo trains with an engine crew as they prepare for the coming wildfire season. (Lisa Cox, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Interior, USDA to implement pay raises for federal firefighters later this month

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Debra Haaland

Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, Michael Regan listens as  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the Department of Environmental Quality in North Carolina, at the Executive Manson in Raleigh, N.C. President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan is head of North Carolina’s environmental agency. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

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Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein

Senator pushing to help USCIS avoid furloughs

In today’s Federal Newscast, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee is calling for another delay to employee furloughs at U.S. Citizenship…

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)FILE - In this Spet. 18, 2019, file photo, the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. A Trump administration proposal to roll back environmental reviews for big projects is drawing heavy objections from African American and Latino communities.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EPA inspector general takes close look at reopening plans

In today’s Federal Newscast, some EPA employees say they feel uncomfortable returning to the office as OIG conducts a review.

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DoD’s $7B household goods contract takes an even stranger turn

TRANSCOM says the apparent need for corrective action was triggered by an honest mistake in the government’s System for Award Management. But the command’s position is difficult to reconcile with other publicly-available evidence.

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