government shutdown
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NIH's Fauci says agency in scramble to save research as government shutdown looms
January 18, 2018 -
A government "shutdown" isn't really a shutdown. Many services will continue, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be forced off the job, and some services will go dark.
January 18, 2018 -
Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller, Washington Technology Editor-in-Chief Nick Wakeman and Lohfeld Consulting Group Founder & CEO Bob Lohfeld join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of 2017's top contracting stories and what's ahead for companies in 2018. January 15, 2017
January 12, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we dodged a couple shutdown threats last year but now the clock is ticking again and its set to go off January 19.
January 09, 2018 -
NARFE's Jessica Klement joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss efforts by her organization and others to protect federal worker's retirement benefits. January 10, 2017
January 09, 2018 -
Democrats and Republicans have been talking about a potential two-year budget agreement,. With 10 days left of CR, still no clear results.
January 09, 2018 -
House Republicans are discussing a new plan that would extend the continuing resolution through Jan. 19. This version would not fund the Defense Department through the rest of fiscal 2018, as originally discussed.
December 20, 2017 -
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
December 20, 2017 -
If you were job-hunting, would you apply to a place where the CEOs regularly froze your pay and the board of directors had its eye on your pension plan? Sound familiar?
December 19, 2017 -
The retirement system is out of the woods for awhile and the new and revised Dec. 22 shutdown may not happen, but now there's a new threat: a zero pay raise in 2019.
December 18, 2017 -
Whether a government shutdown is on the horizon for the holiday season, a majority of federal employees who took a Federal News Radio survey said their federal agencies are ready if a shutdown does happen.
December 14, 2017 -
A key House Republican has unveiled a measure to deliver a huge budget increase to the Pentagon and prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week.
December 14, 2017 -
The Treasury Department will have to take extraordinary measures, which may include borrowing from the Thrift Savings Plan's G fund, for the next few months in order to keep the federal government from defaulting on its debts.
December 12, 2017 -
If Washington-based politicians trigger or allow a pre-Christmas government shutdown, its economic impact will be felt in hundreds of places thousands of miles from Capitol Hill.
December 11, 2017 -
Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.
December 07, 2017