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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.
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.
Bloomberg Government's Loren Duggan joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what it could take to end the government shutdown.
Several impacted agencies have funding left over to continue to work, but if the shutdown lasts into January more furloughs possible.
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
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.
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.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Integrated Digital Experience Act calls for digitizing government processes and establishing minimum standards for federal websites.
In today's Federal Newscast, with the threat of a government shutdown looming, the National Treasury Employees Union is pleading with Congress to pass the seven remaining appropriations bills.
Come January, Democrats will control the House while Republicans will control the Senate and the White House. So at least two years of divided government are expected.
The election wasn't really a referendum on federal employees but they had a lot at stake. Margot Conrad, director of Federal Workforce Programs at the Partnership for Public Service, offered her perspective.
Regardless of which political party wins today’s midterm election, federal workers are in relatively good shape.
Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staff member and trade negotiator, said the Senate is broken, with party lines having become something of a border wall.
Can the large number of federal workers in low-voter turnout cities and districts make the difference in next Tuesday’s congressional and gubernatorial elections? Many federal and postal union leaders think and hope so.