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In today's Federal Newscast, House Democratic leaders want the investigation into fake comments on Federal Communications Commission rule making expanded to other agencies
The federal government may be open for business again, the military members have been told it's unclear when they will receive back pay for the past three days.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General said there's room for improvement in the way SBA responded to inquiries in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
A just released report from the VA IG office finds six material weaknesses within the agency.
How to keep military bureaucracy from squelching new and better solutions
In most of the recent political death matches on Capitol Hill, defense spending was at the center of the fight. This time it's immigration. Still, the threat of a shutdown and a lack of resolution over defense priorities has a lot of Washington nervous. Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin there's more talk about holding out on passing another short-term continuing resolution until some of the key issues are resolved.
Years of underfunding has robbed the agency of critical staffing, and some of the operation tools needed to take the count. Now, University of New Hampshire demographer William OHare tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, there's a new concern that the cuts could result in the possibility of under-counted populations, especially in rural areas.
The Veterans Affairs Choice Program is still working to improve wait times at VA facilities and Congress remains deadlocked over a long-term funding for the program, but Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), head of the House committee that oversees VA, insists things are getting better.
Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, reflecting on his career, talks about his colleagues, as well as the rewards and satisfaction gleaned from his years in public service.
The Obama-era health care law President Trump has called a "disaster" is actually exceeding expectations. More than 8.7 million people have signed up for subsidized private coverage for next year.
President Donald Trump has been warned a lack of leadership at the Census Bureau is putting the 2020 decennial head-count at risk.
The Justice Department inspector general has called for "high-level action" to address the way Justice deals with sexual harassment complaints by employees.
The International Revenue Service (IRS) has reported a decline in new tax fraud cases for FY 2017, citing a lack of manpower to handle any more.
Facing stiff opposition, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ reverses itself on a plan to slash funding for a key program that provides housing to homeless veterans.