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Management

Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term

A chief architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration.

Pay

Lawmakers again want a payroll tax deferral opt-out for feds after 'chaotic' rollout

Workforce

First Amendment may protect feds who run afoul of Trump diversity EO, attorneys say

Federal Newscast

Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training

Federal Newscast

Over 20k military members have now been diagnosed with coronavirus

Congress

Different stimulus bills from the House and Senate to come

Acquisition Policy

Second supply chain risk management rule drops putting agencies, vendors on notice

Workforce

Administration's reopening plans 'unsafe' for federal employees, senators say

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Workforce

Furlough notices arrive for some 13,400 USCIS employees

A custodian walks in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Senate office buildings and the U.S. Capitol remain closed to the public in response to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal Report

Let's talk about those reopening plans

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Federal Newscast

Former procurement director for PBGC admits to taking bribes

FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo a woman wearing a face mask walks past the White House in Washington. The nation's capital, like most of the nation itself, is largely shuttered. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Management

Agencies juggling presidential transition preparations with global pandemic

A workman walks through the empty corridors of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill as lawmakers negotiate on the emergency coronavirus response legislation, in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Workforce

White House details how agencies should call back federal employees, resume 'normal' operations

The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are seen in Washington, at sunrise Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The White House has sent Congress an emergency $46 billion spending request for coronavirus-related funding this year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Budget

Here's what federal agencies say they need to fight the coronavirus

A National Park Service worker picks up trash along the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are seen in the distance in Washington, at sunrise Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The number of tourist is down ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Workforce

OMB orders agencies to realign people, resources to slow coronavirus spread

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Workforce

Federal agencies in DC open but with 'maximum telework' flexibilities, OMB says

A woman uses hand sanitizer after voting in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were directed to vote at the church after the facility backed out due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Workforce

Agencies should expand telework for employees at 'higher risk' for coronavirus, OMB says

Margaret Weichert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management and deputy director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget., holds a challenge coin.

People

OMB's Weichert leaving for the private sector

The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government Shutdown

Pact reached to avert government shutdown through Dec. 20

Technology

In lab-to-market push, federal scientists urged to adopt 'entrepreneurial mindset'

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Federal Newscast

Senator wants to reward feds who find extra federal money

Budget

Senate joins House in providing no funding for OPM-GSA merger

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Workforce

Trump administration sets new expectations for employee awards, performance evaluations