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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Running Congress during a pandemic

Congress has returned from recess to pretty much the same conditions, pandemic-ally speaking, as when it left. We discuss with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)

Congress

Keeping some sense of normalcy in Congress

Congress

Members of Congress echo concerns with agency reopening plans

Congress

Emergency responders pivoting to virtual training as coronavirus collides with hurricane season

Workforce

IRS commissioner expects ‘full staffing’ at tax processing, call centers by mid-July

Workforce

NAVSEA keeps work on ships, fleet moving amid social distancing

Technology

GPO tells passport production staff to return to work July 6 following State Dept reopening

Workforce

Cars sit in traffic along Florida Avenue in the Shaw neighborhood, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Teleworking then, now and tomorrow: Where do you fit in?

Federal Report

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., left, speaks with Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Will the coronavirus be the push Congress needs to modernize long-standing inefficiencies?

Technology

A shuttered storefront is padlocked as the Stewart County courthouse is reflected in the town square, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Lumpkin, Ga. The town has few available resources, only three immigration lawyers work here full time. There are no hotels and many businesses in the downtown are shuttered. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

As agencies reopen, federal buildings security sheds light on coronavirus protections

Facilities/Construction

In this May 27, 2020, photo, a worker at Brasserie Beck, a restaurant along K Street in downtown Washington, power washes the outdoor seating area. The nation's capital is starting to reopen, Starting May 29, a tiny slice of pre-pandemic normality starts returning to the city as the three-month old coronavirus stay-home order is replaced by the first phase of a reopening plan(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Remote inspections are critical to safely reopening US economy

Commentary

Braithwaite sworn in as new Navy secretary after months of leadership tumult

Braithwaite is the first Senate-confirmed Navy secretary since last November, when the Trump Administration fired Richard Spencer.

DoD Reporter's Notebook

In this April 17, 2020 photo, a mask covers the face of a U.S. Army Fort Bragg soldier as she sews PPE. Her unit has already constructed thousands of masks since

DoD rolls out new process to reduce coronavirus travel restrictions

The Defense Department is moving toward a “conditions-based” approach to reducing the travel restrictions it put in place in response to COVID-19.

Defense

Indications of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are placed under the colonnade designed by 16th century Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in the day of the reopening of St. Peter's Basilica, Monday, May 18, 2020. Italy is slowly lifting sanitary restrictions after a two-month coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus poetry: With apologies to William Shakespeare

Federal Report

Anthony Corridore spent 30-plus years at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services where he was an IT project manager and a closet poet.

Running Congress during a pandemic

Keeping some sense of normalcy in Congress

Members of Congress echo concerns with agency reopening plans

Emergency responders pivoting to virtual training as coronavirus collides with hurricane season

IRS commissioner expects ‘full staffing’ at tax processing, call centers by mid-July

NAVSEA keeps work on ships, fleet moving amid social distancing

GPO tells passport production staff to return to work July 6 following State Dept reopening

Teleworking then, now and tomorrow: Where do you fit in?

Will the coronavirus be the push Congress needs to modernize long-standing inefficiencies?

As agencies reopen, federal buildings security sheds light on coronavirus protections

Remote inspections are critical to safely reopening US economy

Braithwaite sworn in as new Navy secretary after months of leadership tumult

DoD rolls out new process to reduce coronavirus travel restrictions

Coronavirus poetry: With apologies to William Shakespeare

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