Joe Biden
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If the Senate confirms her, the White House's nominee for national archivist said the veterans' record request backlog would be the “most important discrete problem” facing her.
September 23, 2022 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act cleared the House in a vote of 225-204, but timing for the Senate’s companion legislation remains uncertain.
September 15, 2022 -
The House Rules Committee passed the Preventing a Patronage System Act favorably in a vote of 8-4 along party lines. Now, it moves to the full House floor.
September 13, 2022 -
In the fall of 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14042, which, among other things, directed federal agencies to require federal contractors and subcontractors to mandate that most of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
September 09, 2022 -
President Joe Biden has formally announced his plans to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year, starting on Jan. 1, 2023.
August 31, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Education Dept. is trying to work quickly to set up a simple application process to help borrowers claim debt relief.
August 25, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, Congress is going after sexual misconduct in Junior ROTC programs.
August 17, 2022 -
Public polling shows a continuing decline in Americans' trust in government. One indicator is the number of Americans who would urge their kids to pursue a government career.
August 15, 2022 -
Recommendations to expand pay localities, adjust requirements to add new localities and more from the Federal Salary Council.
August 12, 2022 -
IG offices now have the ability to use a new tagging option when publishing documents to Oversight.gov, to flag reports related to DEIA issues.
August 11, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to grow its health care workforce with new pay incentives and retain the in-demand employees it already has, now that a major VA health care bill has been signed into law.
August 10, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service expects to raise mail prices in January 2023.
August 10, 2022 -
The Inflation Reduction Act would give the Postal Service $1.29 billion to purchase electric vehicles, and $975 million to GSA to support emerging sustainable technologies.
August 09, 2022 -
Just yesterday afternoon, the Senate gave final passage to the Inflation Reduction Act after a full weekend of votes on amendments.
August 08, 2022 -
Text messages you send for official business on a government-issued phone are official records. Attorney John Mahoney joined Tom Temin to discuss what the Secret Service might face legally.
August 03, 2022