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Congress passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, 22% pay cut for feds overseas

The continuing resolution reauthorizes funds to avoid a 22% pay cut for 11,000 federal employees who spend most of their time overseas.

Congress

Senate GOP blocks bill to expand IVF access as advocates call for better FEHB coverage

Defense News

Military to civilian transition classes falling behind requirements

Budget

Senate plans to take back $290M in TMF funding in 2024

IT Modernization

VA's new EHR hits another outage, as agency reconsiders FY 2024 request for project

Veterans Affairs

Senate Democrats join calls for pause on new VA EHR rollouts until metrics improve

Veterans Affairs

VA EHR linked to veterans 'fatally harmed,' senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

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Veterans Affairs

VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2018 file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a negative review of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The review comes ahead of a meeting this week for outside experts to vote on the drug for ALS. The drug has been the focal point of a lobbying campaign by patients, their families and lawmakers. FDA reviewers said Monday, March 28, 2022 the single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals was “not persuasive” due to missing data, errors in enrolling patients and other problems. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Congress

Deadline approaches to pass bill affecting employment for 3,500 FDA workers

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Veterans Affairs

VA scraps last EHR go-live date in FY 2022, amid IG accounts of patient harm

Jerry Moran

Veterans Affairs

With deployments ramping up next year, senators seek more transparency on VA EHR

VA-EHR

Veterans Affairs

VA resuming EHR deployments in March, restructuring management of massive project

Nineteen C-130J aircraft take part in an elephant walk before takeoff during an exercise Mar. 15, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Numerous C-130J units from around the Air Force participated in a training event to enhance operational effectiveness and joint interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rhett Isbell)

Air Force

Congress has concerns about Air Force cuts to legacy systems to save money

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, the exterior of the Veterans Affairs Department hospital is shown in east Denver. Investigators with the VA Office of Inspector General found that the hospital violated policy by keeping improper wait lists to track veterans' mental health care, confirming a whistleblower’s claims. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Federal Newscast

New mechanism for VA to screen patients, employees for coronavirus

A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Big Data

HUD 'moving quickly' with data-driven analysis to spend $3B in pandemic funding

Federal Newscast

GSA takes aim at those submitting fake comments on proposed regulations

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Lawmakers 'extremely concerned' about impacts of EEOC's proposed official time policy

OPM/GSA merger

OPM Reorganization

Senate Democrats ask administration for alternative budget options to OPM-GSA merger

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Federal Newscast

USDA launches new website for Centers of Excellence

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Congress

Longer probationary periods will get another look in Congress this week

Tammy Duckworth

Congress

4 NDAA amendments to watch as Senate takes up bill

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Technology

Report: Broader data access, stronger security part of improving evidence-based policies

David Shulkin

Veterans Affairs

Shulkin offers first glimpse at new VA Choice plan