National Park Service

government shutdown, Congress, government funding

One side of House trying to finish 2025 appropriations package early

You probably can’t expect regular order when it comes to 2025 appropriations. One half of the House is working to wrap up work on federal funding early.

Congress

Congress swings-and-misses at impeachment, foreign aid, federal telework

Congress

Telework ‘essential’ to remaining a competitive employer, Interior official tells Congress

Congress

A memorial is pictured near a train car symbolizing the Drancy camp, at the Shoah memorial Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in Drancy, outside Paris. The Paris mayor and head of the French Holocaust Memorial will mark the 80th anniversary of the round-up of the Vel d'Hiv, the biggest Nazi roundup of Jews in France, visiting the site used as an internment camp during World War II for tens of thousands of people who were then sent on to Auschwitz and other death camps. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Few commissions can leave more permanent results than this one

Workforce

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Agencies finding DEIA programs an ‘incredibly important retention strategy’

Workforce

An unprecedented case arises on the status of a union of Park Service employees

Unions

FILE - Framed by the Manhattan skyline, electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. President Joe Biden is promising “strong executive action” to combat climate change, despite dual setbacks that have restricted his ability to regulate carbon emissions and boost clean energy such as wind and solar power. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Environmental spending bill tees up multi-year federal hiring, training investments

Hiring/Retention

Why customer experience is so challenging for federal agencies

Federal Report

FILE - People attend Juneteenth celebrations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on June 19, 2021. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

Workforce

This senior executive has ensured U.S. wildlife species have room to thrive

People

Cadets salute during the National Anthem prior to the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. The U.S. military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of the armed services and have welcomed more racially diverse students each year for the better part of the last decade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Service members who lose their job during deployment get more help in their corner

Federal Newscast

A military policeman closes a gate at JBSA-Lackland Air Force Base gate, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in San Antonio. The Air Force was put on lockdown as police and military officials say they searched for two people suspected of shooting into the base from outside. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Some military installations are reinstituting COVID-19 travel restrictions

In today’s Federal Newscast, military bases are beginning to restrict travel again as coronavirus rates are on the rise.

Federal Newscast

House staffers could now make more than the representatives they work for

In today’s Federal Newscast, new salary caps mean House staffers can now make up to nearly $200,000 a year.

Federal Newscast

St. Elizabeths Center Building Rendering (Source: Goody Clancy)

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches ‘critical mass’

Agency Oversight

The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with plans to build its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency a new headquarters on a consolidated DHS campus.