Senate Appropriations Committee
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In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union wants the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision on age discrimination in the federal workforce.
September 25, 2019 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's independent watchdog has cleared Secretary Ben Carson of any misconduct in connection with the order of a dining room set for his office.
September 13, 2019 -
The Senate defense appropriations bill give DoD more than $100 billion in research and development spending.
September 10, 2019 -
Despite a proposed nearly $700 million budget decrease and several consolidations, the Justice Department wants more FTEs in fiscal 2020.
April 12, 2019 -
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s absence from a fiscal 2020 budget hearing Tuesday struck a nerve with some members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies.
April 03, 2019 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it may designate an independent arbitrator of sorts to oversee and manage joint decisions from VA and the Defense Department as the two agencies implement a new, commercial electronic health record (EHR).
February 05, 2019 -
Congressional leaders say they have reached agreement on a plan to pass a stopgap government funding bill through Dec. 7, thereby avoiding a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1.
September 13, 2018 -
Lawmakers have praised DHS's efforts to date to modernize its IT infrastructure. The agency also has a new chief information officer leading the effort.
July 11, 2018 -
While funding for FEMA's new headquarters holds up progress on DHS' St. Elizabeths campus, GSA is one step closer to getting the go-ahead to buy the Transportation Department's currently leased headquarters.
July 02, 2018 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill to give federal civilian employees a 1.9 percent pay raise in 2019.
June 22, 2018 -
The Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee differed from the president's budget proposal and suggested a pay raise for civilian employees in 2019.
June 19, 2018 -
As the IRS looks to implement its new long-term strategy and sees a spending boost on the horizon from Congress, David Kautter, the agency's acting commissioner, plans to hire 1,700 full-time additional employees ahead of next year's tax filing season.
June 05, 2018 -
The President's Budget for 2019 proposes a nearly $6 billion funding cut to the Agriculture Department, which is undergoing an agencywide reorganization and IT modernization initiative.
April 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after spending 2017 with low budgets, the head of the Coast Guard says his service is now punching at the middleweight class.
April 11, 2018 -
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget request suggests personnel cuts at the majority of the 24 largest federal agencies. But the Homeland Security Department is one of the few that could undergo a bit of a hiring spree next year.
May 25, 2017