Sam Graves

State Dept. workforce is now more diverse, but its leadership is not

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that while diversity has increased among workers at the State…

Federal Newscast

In this Jan. 19, 2017, photo, police stand guard outside the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. While President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington did serve as a hub of inaugural activities it also stands as ground zero for what top Democrats and some ethics advisers see as his unique web of conflicts of interest. Trump’s lease with the federal government to develop and operate a hotel inside the historic Old Post Office building expressly prohibits any elected official from benefiting from the property, yet Trump has not divested from his company or this particular project. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

GSA struggles to explain lease decision about Trump hotel to House lawmakers

Leasing/Property Management

House lawmakers call for OFPP to issue reverse auction guidance

Congress

SBA proposed size standard change riles small IT resellers

Congress

Anne Rung confirmed as OFPP administrator

Congress

Agencies end 9-year small business contracting drought

Budget

Congress joins the fray as protests mount over strategic sourcing

Congress

Rep. Graves says Interior’s OSDBU job announcement breaks the law

Congress

SBA finds fault with GSA’s strategic sourcing analysis for office supplies

Congress

Rep. Graves tries again to increase small business contracting goals

Congress

Bill to give SBA complete oversight of veteran small business program

Congress

Bills aim to fix construction contracting potholes for small businesses

House Small Business Committee members introduce two bills to ban reverse auctions in many cases and mandate a two-step process to evaluate design and…

Congress

Agencies fall short of small business contracting goals for 7th straight year

While agencies missed their overall small business goal in 2012, they did meet the governmentwide goals for small disadvantaged businesses and service-disabled…

Management

USPS employees to see less overtime, more buyouts under 5-day delivery plan

Federal Drive

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the service can no longer afford to delivery first class mail six-days a week. He said cutting back by one day a week would save about $2 billion a year. USPS still would have a $14 billion deficit and needs help from Congress to address other fiscal challenges.