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Fed Life — Jan. 25, 2023

By nearly all measures, 2022 was a terrible year for the average investor. Inflation and a host of badly-received public policies sent both stock and bond…

Fed Life

Yellen tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday

TSP

(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)

The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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CISA on the hunt, this time for artists to decorate its new headquarters

Federal Newscast

Administration isn’t finished with its plans for the contractor workforce

Congress

FILE - In this March 4, 2021, a bird flies near the U.S. Capitol dome at sunrise in Washington. The Republican fundraising committee dedicated to flipping the House in the 2022 midterm elections says it raised more than $105 million this year through September 2021. The record haul marks a 74% increase over last cycle and includes $25.8 million raised in the third quarter of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Checking in on the year-end checklist, and it’s not pretty

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Cybersecurity and secure nerwork concept. Data protection, gdrp. Glowing futuristic backround with lock on digital integrated circuit.

Pentagon warns lawmakers to make sure they raise debt ceiling

Federal Newscast

Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown

Government Shutdown

The federal employee vaccination mandate has launched fresh arguments in Congress

Congress

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

September is looking downright nutty

Federal Report

FILE - In this July 12, 2021 file photo, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen prepares to speak during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels. Yellen is telling Congress, Wednesday, Sept. 8, that she will run out of maneuvering room to keep from broaching the government’s borrowing limit during the month of October. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Yellen warns US may hit debt limit in October

Budget

Congress hints, Postal Service reform might be a real possibility this year

Congress

US relying on Treasury securities to keep things afloat amid growing debt

The Director of Strategic Issues at the Government Accountability Office, Kris Nguyen, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for some of the threats to Treasury…

Federal Drive

Debt ceiling and border wall: gridlock as usual on Capitol Hill this week

Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan outlined this week on Capitol Hill on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Federal Drive

Congress pushes government towards a cliff

Tom Temin Commentary

A creeping incompetence in handling the government seems to be overtaking Congress. Case in point? What’s going on with the MSPB.