Postal Service
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Politicians, and many voters, have been fretting over whether large scale voting by mail can be done in a trustworthy manner.
September 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, senior executives and federal managers have some harsh criticism for the Office of Management and Budget's recent directive on race training.
September 11, 2020 -
A group of states suing over service cuts at the Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.
September 10, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers say they're ready to work with the four major federal payroll providers so they can implement an option.
September 10, 2020 -
The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services, nearly seven years after piloting the concept, will add iris recognition technology to its portfolio of identification services for law enforcement agencies. Kimberly Del Greco, the FBI’s deputy assistant…
September 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon has picked five of its health care facilities to help coordinate stage three clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine.
September 04, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two million appointments canceled during the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic still need rescheduling at the Veterans Health Administration.
September 03, 2020 -
With the Postal Service under intense scrutiny from Congress over its capacity to deliver on time ahead of the November election, its inspector general found the agency largely kept up with the volume of mailed-in ballots during the primary election season.
September 02, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) tells his colleagues what may seem inevitable: a continuing resolution is the likely outcome ahead of the upcoming government funding deadline.
September 01, 2020 -
USPS officials pledged to provide these metrics the same day the House Oversight and Reform Committee warned it would file a subpoena for some of the documents the agency has yet to produce.
September 01, 2020 -
Not much got done in Congress over the last two weeks, and tomorrow is the first day of the last month of the fiscal year.
August 31, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Special Counsel Henry Kerner said the Hatch Act does not apply to Trump and Pence, the Post Office lost $1 billion dollars last month and a missing Fort Hood soldier is found dead.
August 27, 2020 -
Emergency funding is no substitute for a real Postal reform plan
August 25, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, early retirement and buyout offers the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation made to employees back in March are off the table.
August 25, 2020 -
In a contentious hearing, Postmaster Louis DeJoy blamed the Postal Service's serious financial problems on Congress for failing to pass postal reform legislation after more than a decade of net financial losses.
August 24, 2020