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The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Monday easily cleared its 2020 funding bill, which includes a 3.1% federal pay raise for civilian employees.

At least one department is implementing a new limit on telework for some employees during the summer Metro closures. The Agriculture Department isn’t lifting its limit on telework during the Metro construction but has encouraged employees to consider flexible and alternative work schedules.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new Gallup poll shows three in four Americans say USPS is doing a good or excellent job.

At least three agencies have issued bargaining proposals that are similar to the provisions outlined in the President’s three workforce executive orders, which he signed nearly a year ago.

Tony Reardon, the national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says Public Service Recognition Week is a good reminder for federal employees to continue to tell their stories about the impact they have on the nation.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to require all fixed price contracts be paid out through performance-based contractual payments.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics wants feedback on whether it should set restrictions on donations to legal expense funds for federal employees.

In today’s Federal Newscast, all signs point to federal employees’ paychecks looking a little larger by early next week.

A decision from a federal impasses panel may set the stage for policy changes on telework and employee leave at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Services Impasses Panel sides mostly with management in a disputed between labor groups and the Health and Human Services Department.