Senate confirmation hearings

National Guard bracing for possible leadership lapse

The Guard will hold either a change of responsibility ceremony or a relinquishment of responsibility in case the Senate doesn’t confirm Gen. Nordhaus…

Defense

Biden’s pick for Pentagon’s S&T position pledges to reduce barriers to entry for small businesses

Defense

House leadership wants to get on with a final appropriation agreement for fiscal 2022

Congress

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

New report suggests cutting down number of appointees who need Senate confirmation

Federal Newscast

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$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington. The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs. Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black woman to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which also administers children’s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs

People

Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, Ronald Stroman, Kiran Ahuja

Senate committee advances Ahuja’s nomination for OPM director

People

Bicyclists ride past an inner perimeter of security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2021, after portions of an outer perimeter of fencing were removed overnight to allow public access. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Will it ever be time for federal employees to return to their regular offices?

Congress

Will Congress ever return to the normal budget process? Whatever that is

Congress

OMB nominees pledge to break down federal hiring barriers

Management

Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM

Workforce

Congress is delving deep into some nitty-gritty governmental issues

Here with what to expect for the week ahead in Congress, Bloomberg Government Editorial Director Loren Duggan spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Congress

TSA looking to hire thousands of new airport screeners

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Transportation Security Administration is launching a national recruitment campaign to fill jobs by this summer.

Federal Newscast

How tweets poison a leader from the get-go

Federal Report

OMB nominee Neera Tanden learns the hard way how being anti on social media can come back to bite.