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Rep. Gerry Connolly sends letter to GSA's inspector general to look into why agency officials abandoned plans to consolidate the FBI under one roof.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members want a full briefing from GSA on its new plan for the FBI headquarters.
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill to make sure Congressional members use their own money to settle with harassment victims passed the House unanimously.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have reintroduced the FAIR Act, which would give federal employees a 3 percent pay raise for 2019.
Seven House Democrats and five Republicans are asking President Donald Trump to consider giving all civilian federal employees the same 2.4 percent pay raise that military members are expected to get in 2018.
The Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service (EQUALS) Act would extend the probationary period for most federal employees and senior executives from one years to two.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee also approved two-year probationary periods for federal employees.
The agency says it is on track to implement new hiring policies, and doubled down on its tax ID fraud defenses.
The House will likely pass a budget resolution that would reform civil service pensions to reduce the federal deficit by $32 billion over 10 years.
The State Department claims it can save up to $10 billion by revamping its structure, but some lawmakers are skeptical of the intentions.
Three Republican lawmakers introduced an amendment to a "minibus" of four appropriations bills that would eliminate the Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office, and therefore the positions and salaries of 89 employees at CBO. It's the first time members of Congress have used the Holman Rule since the House reinstated it back in January.
Both the Trump administration and Congress are offering new goals to cut government improper payments over the next five to 10 years. Experts in the field say the targets aren't impossible but need attention and investments in agency technology and personnel.
The new commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service endorses a controversial House proposal that would enlist online commercial marketplaces like Amazon to let the government buy commercial goods.
The government abandoned its current plan to replace the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters, leaving employees in the deteriorating J. Edgar Hoover Building for the foreseeable future.