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The big news in Congress this week? You already know it

Congress is out of D.C. this week for the 4th of July holiday. But it has a lot of spinning plates. Including three big appropriations bills.

Congress

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

House appropriators reject GSA’s $3.5B plan for new FBI headquarters

Facilities/Construction

New FBI headquarters will take more than a decade to build, as agency struggles with ‘obsolete’ space

Facilities/Construction

Congress proceeds with $20B cut to IRS modernization fund in FY 2024 spending deal

Budget

Graphic By: Derace Lauderdale

Workforce cohort outlines specific ‘blueprint’ for civil service reform

Workforce

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

Congress wants spy agencies to hire more experts in financial intelligence, emerging technology

Intelligence Community

Lawmakers scrutinize plan for new FBI headquarters, but agency says its current site is ‘failing’

Facilities/Construction

This Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 file photo shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Washington. On Friday, June 18, 2021, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting the FBI headquarters building in Washington is completely closed, empty and walled off. A video spreading the false claim shows the back of the building rather than the main entrance, which was open and fully operational this week, according to a statement from the FBI and the observations of an AP reporter based nearby. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

As plans for a new FBI HQ chug along, the old building falls apart

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, said a devastating hack of federal agencies is “likely Russian in origin” and said the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

How thinking outside of the box helped the FBI advance its IT during challenging times

Commentary

Month after defeat, Virginia lawmakers still fighting to land FBI HQ

On today’s Federal Newscast: CENTCOM’s got a new chief data officer. A month after the decision was announced, Virginia lawmakers are still fighting to…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington streaks past the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters building. A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering a document the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of a Donald Trump aide during the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Future FBI headquarters coming to Greenbelt, Maryland, GSA decides

A decade-long disagreement over where to build a new headquarters for the FBI is now settled. Federal officials confirmed Wednesday night that the General…

Facilities/Construction

GOP bills would ‘devastate the American people,’ OMB director says

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast: OMB Director Shalanda Young said GOP budget proposals would “devastate the American people.” A DoD IG report said 20% of sexual assaults are mishandled by the military health care system. And a Biden veto threat could mean a CR is inevitable.