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FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Reintroduced bills aim to fix hiring process, Social Security benefits for feds

Lawmakers reintroduced the Social Security Fairness Act, aiming to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, as well…

Congress

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Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is interviewed about the Relay, an electric autonomous vehicle, in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that can seat six and drive itself through the region’s notorious traffic. State and local officials debuted the Relay system Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that will provide free shuttle rides back and forth from the Dunn Loring Metrorail stop to the bustling Mosaic District in Fairfax County, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House lawmakers push hiring reforms for federal jobs

Hiring/Retention

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FILE- In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. On Wednesday, April 10, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for March. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The swirling sound you hear is Congress going ’round and ’round on some old ideas

Congress

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OPM hopes to make it easier for women to join Senior Executive Service

Federal Newscast

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FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

Defense

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In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, photograph, monitors check their screens in the Governor's Office of Information Technology in downtown Denver. Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might actually be encouraging hackers. “We don’t know what that ransom payment is going to fund,” said Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the office. “As a state government, we don’t want to be in a position of funding cyberterrorists.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Federal Newscast

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FILE - This April 13, 2014 file photo shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington. The agency said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, that it is stepping up its efforts to visit high-income taxpayers who failed in prior years to file their tax returns on time. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Longer tax-filing season means more fake tax returns for the IRS

Federal Newscast

GSA’s 18F expects to be in the black in 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Bipartisan legislation proposed to end reverse auctions of federal construction projects

Federal Drive

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during the signing of an order withdrawing federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands, at EPA headquarters in Washington. Ernst says she turned down Donald Trump's request to run as his vice president in 2016 because of family concerns. Ernst made the claim in an affidavit in a divorce proceeding in October that was first reported by CityView, a Des Moines weekly newspaper. The filing was unsealed earlier this month after Ernst and her former husband of 25 years, Gail Ernst, settled their previously contentious divorce. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

New bill would allow agencies to fire employees found guilty of sexual assault

Federal Newscast

House proposal would require federal employees receive Internet of Things cyber training

Federal Newscast

Norton, Wexton seek justification for BLM relocation move

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton are trying to block the Bureau of Land Management relocation with new legislation….

Federal Newscast

Crime scene tape surrounds the Robert Morris Apartments in Morrisville, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. A woman and her teenage daughter are facing homicide charges in the deaths of multiple relatives, including children, inside an apartment at the complex in suburban Philadelphia, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Federal law enforcement group objects to proposed changes for use of force

The Peace Act would change the federal standard for use of force by making it allowable only to prevent imminent death or serious injury.

Federal Drive

New DoD policy aims to crack down on alleged price gouging by TransDigm

Defense

A new DoD policy memo demands more data to support the prices the military pays for spare parts. But it only applies to one company.