In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Department of Transportation issues proposed guidelines to cut down on distracted driving.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) plans to continue his fight for the federal workforce, after winning re-election. He'll join his fellow Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly and Republican Barbara Comstock for the 115th Congress, in which he says he's looking to raise federal pay and assure fairness on oversight investigations.
While Republicans clinched the White House and both congressional chambers, government pundits say it's important that both political parties support the federal workforce and government, especially in the D.C. area.
Election Day can be a whirlwind of campaign signs, crowded polling sites and an avalanche of social media posts. To help cut through the chaos, here's Federal News Radio's roundup of congressional races, presidential platforms and Hatch Act reminders.
The General Services Administration pushed back its decision to March on which of the three properties under consideration would be the future home of the FBI.
Three experts develop 12 recommendations based on interviews with CIOs and senior IT managers to measure all seven facets of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act.
Industry can no longer protest civilian agency task and delivery orders worth more than $10 million to the GAO after the Senate didn’t pass a bill that would’ve extended the authority permanently.
Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote to OPM acting Director Beth Cobert asking for the agency to give federal employees and retirees more time to understand why long-term health care premiums increased so much.
The Office of Management and Budget said it's overhauling PaymentAccuracy.gov, the website the agency uses to report improper payments data. The original version of the site wasn't entirely accurate, OMB Controller Dave Mader told Congress. But some lawmakers are skeptical that OMB's work will bring the results it's looking for.
Officials with GSA's FedRAMP program say they are about to authorize the first provider coming through the accelerated process.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Maryland's two Senators write the Office of Personnel Management to express the concern they're hearing from federal employees about the dramatic premium increases for the program.
According to the latest count from the Office of Personnel Management, less than 100 federal employees have applied to their agencies' phased retirement program. It's been roughly two years since OPM released final regulations on phased retirement and gave agencies the green light to begin accepting applications.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is supporting both the centralized and decentralized approaches to address the need to get rid of legacy technology systems.
Two postal reform bills passed the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, although not without opposition or concerns.
House Lawmakers introduced two bills this week to make rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft reimbursable for federal employees.