Joe Biden

Noise from Capitol Hill is starting to sound like a broken record

Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.

Congress

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with business leaders about the debt limit in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden admin on the hunt for a new Chief Statistician

Federal Newscast

DoD requires civilian employees to be vaccinated by Nov. 22

Defense

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate lawmakers introduce FISMA reforms, including cyber incident reporting for agencies, contractors

Cybersecurity

Several Transportation Department agencies back to work this morning following a brief shutdown

Congress

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Janet Yellen

For Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week

Congress

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

Federal Newscast

Travelers wear face coverings in the line for the south north security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Denver. Two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Transportation Security Administration, a force of federal airport screeners that replaced the private companies that airlines were hiring to handle security. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

TSA increasing fines for those who violate federal mask mandate in airports

Federal Newscast

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to celebrate labor unions, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Workforce

Biden will now require vaccines for all federal employees via new executive order

Workforce

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Privacy, technology groups urge Biden to revive surveillance oversight board

Technology

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. A complaint filed with the IRS alleges that a conservative group is violating its nonpartisan and nonprofit status by using a voter data system linked to the Republican party. The complaint is against the American Legislative Exchange Council. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS could raise $200B in revenue, double its workforce under Biden spending plan

The IRS plans to surge its hiring to fill its depleted ranks. The agency told Congress last year it has 33,000 fewer employees than it did a decade ago.

Agency Oversight

Afghans wait for hours to try to withdraw money, in front of Kabul Bank, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Some federal employees still stuck in Afghanistan

In today’s Federal Newscast, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves some federal employees behind.

Federal Newscast

Jawan Williams loads his vehicle with sandbags before landfall of Hurricane Ida at the Frederick Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, La., which is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. The storm is expected to bring winds as high as 140 mph when it slams ashore late Sunday. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

FEMA deploying over 2,000 employees as Ida carves destructive path

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, more than 2,400 FEMA employees are in place to help out citizens in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and other states that are in the path of Hurricane Ida.

Joe Biden

Noise from Capitol Hill is starting to sound like a broken record

Biden admin on the hunt for a new Chief Statistician

DoD requires civilian employees to be vaccinated by Nov. 22

Senate lawmakers introduce FISMA reforms, including cyber incident reporting for agencies, contractors

Several Transportation Department agencies back to work this morning following a brief shutdown

For Congress, and for government operations, it’s a do-or-die week

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

TSA increasing fines for those who violate federal mask mandate in airports

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Biden will now require vaccines for all federal employees via new executive order

Privacy, technology groups urge Biden to revive surveillance oversight board

IRS could raise $200B in revenue, double its workforce under Biden spending plan

Some federal employees still stuck in Afghanistan

FEMA deploying over 2,000 employees as Ida carves destructive path

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