Gerry Connolly

Lawmakers urging expanded IVF coverage for FEHB enrollees

The FEHB program began offering coverage for some IVF-related medications just this year. But now House and Senate Democrats are calling for even more options.

Open Season

Some lawmakers offer more teeth to Biden’s Schedule F takedown

Federal Newscast

Senate to take $100M back from TMF, $10M from USDS

Budget

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget request

Budget

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GSA CIO, IG spar over purchase of China-made video conferencing cameras

Cybersecurity

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AFGE rallies for 7.4% federal employee pay raise, spending deal to avoid government shutdown

Pay

3 takeaways from the FITARA 17 scorecard roundtable

Reporter's Notebook

New cloud category sinks FITARA scores, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Technology

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

‘Telework is not one-size-fits-all’: Agencies defend hybrid work for feds in front of House lawmakers

Congress

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

Facilities/Construction

A ‘diet COLA’ for FERS retirees has compounding effects on retirement savings

A reduced cost-of-living adjustment, or “diet COLA,” for FERS retirees can create a much larger difference in retirement savings over time.

Federal Report

Why some CIOs say it’s time to rethink governmentwide cyber metrics

Andre Mendes, the chief information officer at the Department of Commerce, was one of several agency technology executives pushing for more consistency…

Ask the CIO

Connolly runs out of patience waiting for Republicans to get on FITARA bus

Technology

The 16th version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard from Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) revealed two new pilot categories measuring the move to cloud and CIO authorities.