Mark Warner

Sen. Mark Warner

USPS sees mail delays amid network overhaul. Now lawmakers, regulator seek answers

The Postal Service is telling lawmakers in areas hardest hit by recent mail delays that the effects are temporary, and that on-time delivery will improve.

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Warner says passport backlog ‘not sustainable,’ as State Dept aims for pre-pandemic processing times

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Revived bills would alter feds’ payment obligations during shutdowns, federal first responders’ pensions

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Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Schedule F from resurfacing

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A bipartisan Senate push to tamp down at least one threat from China

Two senators from opposite parties recently urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the phenomenon of TikTok.

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)FILE- In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. On Wednesday, April 10, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for March. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The swirling sound you hear is Congress going ’round and ’round on some old ideas

The great flywheel of appropriations gets a big shove today with release of the administration’s 2023 budget request, six months before fiscal 2023 actually…

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OMB sees 2022 as ‘most significant year’ for security clearance reform

After digging out of a massive backlog of background investigations, agencies are walking a tightrope to modernize a decades-old process.

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