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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.

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First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

Congress

Union calls for FDIC to ‘follow the law’ after pivot on return-to-office plans

Unions

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House intensifies its war against DoD teleworkers

Federal Newscast

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Teleworking DoD employees targeted by House spending bill

Federal Newscast

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Policy riders to watch as House appropriators mark up 2025 spending bills

Budget

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Return-to-office review: Employees call for flexibility, while legislation lags

Workforce

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EPA finalizes union contract, but AFGE wary of telework’s future

Unions

3 promising pockets of success in Best Places to Work

Federal Report

One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

Congress

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2023 Best Places to Work marks a turning point in employee engagement

Workforce

How Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate is dealing with its telework-induced high-vacancy offices

Federal workplaces aren’t what they used to be, not with a third or half of employees teleworking at least some part of the week.

Management

Senators delay federal telework bill to consider adding work-from-home supervision

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Congress

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Federal leaders unpack hybrid work’s link to mental health

Workforce

In a hybrid work environment, federal employees’ mental health and well-being have become remarkably important, said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.