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Management

Details on how the census actually causes distribution of federal funds

How often have you heard it said: The census count determines how much federal money a state, county or city will get. Data analysis by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) shows that supposition is not quite as simple as it sounds. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with POGO senior policy analyst Sean Moulton.

People

These USDA employees modernized an old program so poor Americans could eat better

Agency Oversight

How the Agriculture Department put the SNAP program on overdrive

Commentary

What government can learn from marketers

Commentary

To better serve constituents, modernizing technology is imperative

Federal Drive

SNAP running tests to expand online grocery buying option nationwide

Government Shutdown

USDA buys time for SNAP under shutdown — but for how long?

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Federal Newscast

Report: Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $430 million a day

John Curtis

Federal Newscast

Should Congress get paid during a shutdown? One member says no

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Government Shutdown

USDA to pay SNAP benefits through February despite shutdown

Barbara Comstock

Federal Newscast

Rep. Comstock offers legislation to give feds paid parental leave

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Federal Newscast

Tighter quarters could be coming to your agency

Tom Temin Commentary

Numbers tell the government story, sort of

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo an iPhone is seen in Washington. Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents are searching the phones and other digital devices of international travelers at border checkpoints in U.S. airports. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation say complaints of such searches have spiked recently. Americans have protection under the Fourth Amendment from unreasonable search and seizure. A police officer, for example, must obtain a warrant from a judge before searching a suspect's phone. But the U.S. border is a legal grey zone. Border agents have long had the right to search travelers' physical luggage without a warrant, and that interpretation has been expanded to include digital devices. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Federal Newscast

CBP searched through record number of electronic devices in 2017

Kay Brown

Federal Drive

Kay Brown: USDA's SNAP programs face state-level disconnect

Jon Lemon

Federal Drive

Jon Lemon: Predictive analytics help USDA stop SNAP fraud

Federal Drive

Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 6, 2013

Federal Drive

Agency leadership needed to support data analytics adoption, expert says