Mark Warner
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Virginia Senator Mark Warner says the Trump administration has dragged the intelligence community it and its leaders into politics.
October 24, 2019 -
The Senate defense appropriations bill give DoD more than $100 billion in research and development spending.
September 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Virginia’s two senators want to know why Defense Secretary Mark Esper is conducting his own examination of DoD’s upcoming JEDI Cloud contract.
August 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a former National Security Agency contractor who stole nearly 20 years worth of sensitive information finds out his fate.
July 22, 2019 -
Progress with the security clearance inventory has put pressure on the Defense Department's Consolidated Adjudications Facility, which is realigning resources and personnel to work through its own backlog.
July 19, 2019 -
The House-passed 2020 defense authorization bill includes paid family leave for federal employees, as well as another legislative attempt to block the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger.
July 12, 2019 -
Industry leaders say up to 10% of their cleared intelligence community workforces are idle at any given time, because they're waiting for agencies to grant, update or transfer a security clearance, according to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
July 09, 2019 -
As employees at the Agriculture Department await word of a final site decision, more members of Congress are taking steps to try to block the proposed USDA relocation.
June 06, 2019 -
The Trump administration will face tough questions Tuesday as the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee reviews the proposed merger of the Office of Personnel with the General Services Administration.
May 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in their annual report to Congress, Social Security Administration trustees said they expect total costs to exceed income next year, and in all the years beyond that.
April 23, 2019 -
Two new bills that would keep federal employee insurance programs in tact during future government shutdowns has bipartisan, bicameral support.
April 03, 2019 -
The Senate Budget Committee passed a 2020 budget resolution last week, but left out several proposals designed to protect the federal workforce.
April 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.
March 28, 2019 -
Lawmakers introduced legislation to publish standards for granting, denying or revoking security clearances.
March 18, 2019 -
Several members of Congress have declared the President's proposed cuts to federal employee retirement "dead on arrival," while at least one Republican has expressed more of an interest in developing a new system for prospective employees.
March 14, 2019