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IRS plans pivot to Login.gov, lets users create online accounts without facial recognition

The IRS, after weeks of pushback from Congress and the public, is now allowing taxpayers to sign up for an online account without the use of any biometric…

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Bill would pluck ‘low hanging fruit’ from federal real property portfolio

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White House misses deadline to deliver sequestration report, says plan coming next week

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Bill would reform A-76 outsourcing process

Sen. Mikulski and Rep. Sarbanes introduce legislation to change the way agencies outsource jobs and determine what are inherently governmental functions.

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OPM Director John Berry wants end to Federal pay debate

His goal: to settle once and for all the question of whether federal employees are overpaid compared to the private sector.

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Federal pay freeze proposal defeated

The Senate has rejected an attempt to freeze federal pay and the size of the government workforce. Also included in the defeated proposal was funding for a planned State Department security training facility.

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