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Trump takes incoming fire for giving Esper the boot

In today’s Federal Newscast: The Navy and Marine Corps hit the pause button on diversity and inclusion training, six former Homeland Security Secretaries…

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USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline

Workforce

More members of Congress are calling on USCIS to delay furloughs

Federal Newscast

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Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

Congress

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

Federal Newscast

Administration’s reopening plans ‘unsafe’ for federal employees, senators say

Workforce

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM

Workforce

Senators mount defense of DoD collective bargaining amid recent Trump threat

Workforce Rights/Governance

GSA takes aim at those submitting fake comments on proposed regulations

Federal Newscast

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, housing stands dilapidated and vacant at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Final NDAA holds more than 50 provisions to fix military housing issues

Defense

Military housing contractors say they’re working to improve homes, lawmakers hearing otherwise

Defense

Military considering dropping some housing contractors after botched mold cleanup

The military services are getting fed up with housing contractors that are not cleaning up issues with service members’ homes.

Defense

Google employees outside its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday Nov. 1, 2018. Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers walked off the job Thursday morning to protest the internet company’s lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. Employees were seen staging walkouts at offices in Tokyo, Singapore, London, and Dublin. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Skills gaps in the federal workforce starting to have consequences

In today’s Federal Newscast, skills gaps across the federal workforce played a role in nearly half of government’s high-risk areas.

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Senate ups R&D spending in defense appropriations bill, battle still brewing on wall funding

Defense

The Senate defense appropriations bill give DoD more than $100 billion in research and development spending.

Trump takes incoming fire for giving Esper the boot

USCIS cancels impending employee furloughs days ahead of deadline

More members of Congress are calling on USCIS to delay furloughs

Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

White House aims to limit foreign labor federal contractors can use

Administration’s reopening plans ‘unsafe’ for federal employees, senators say

Citing ‘unnecessarily complex’ coronavirus guidance, senators seek more assurances from OPM

Senators mount defense of DoD collective bargaining amid recent Trump threat

GSA takes aim at those submitting fake comments on proposed regulations

Final NDAA holds more than 50 provisions to fix military housing issues

Military housing contractors say they’re working to improve homes, lawmakers hearing otherwise

Military considering dropping some housing contractors after botched mold cleanup

Skills gaps in the federal workforce starting to have consequences

Senate ups R&D spending in defense appropriations bill, battle still brewing on wall funding

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