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Cold as it may be in Washington, inside the Capitol the atmosphere is heated. Members are hard at work to get past the three-week continuing resolution now approaching its second week.
January 31, 2019 -
If the ongoing government "partial" shutdown has you confused, bewitched, bothered and bewildered welcome to Club FUBAR. As long as politicians who don’t have any skin in the game keep getting paid, shutdowns will continue.
January 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative TJ Cox's (D-CA) first introduced legislation in Congress is meant to ease the financial hardship furloughed federal employees are currently enduring.
January 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two senators asked the Transportation Security Administration for its plan if staffing shortages and call outs continue.
January 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal courts will be able to continue operating until Jan. 18 with their limited funds during the partial government shutdown.
January 08, 2019 -
A bill in Congress would make sure federal employees who work in security, food service, and janitorial services, get reimbursed after the government shutdown ends.
January 07, 2019 -
No deal reached to end shutdown as President Trump and congressional leaders meet at the White House
January 02, 2019 -
This year was a crazy one for members of the federal family, with many legislative threats to retirement plans as well as efforts to make it much easier to fire civil servants.
January 01, 2019 -
Many people who spent their career with Uncle Sam are glad they did. But when it’s over, many people are glad, too. Take today’s holiday guest columnist, Tony Korlik, for example.
December 31, 2018 -
Bloomberg Government's Loren Duggan joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what it could take to end the government shutdown.
December 26, 2018 -
Several impacted agencies have funding left over to continue to work, but if the shutdown lasts into January more furloughs possible.
December 22, 2018 -
A partial federal shutdown is taking hold after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion for his cherished Mexican border wall
December 22, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security act establishes a council to come up with policies and processes for agencies to evaluate risks to the IT supply chain.
December 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats said more than 300,000 federal employees will be furloughed if Congress can't come to a deal on seven remaining appropriation bills.
December 13, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Integrated Digital Experience Act calls for digitizing government processes and establishing minimum standards for federal websites.
November 30, 2018