Tom Carper

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

With low staffing and high workloads, EPA’s large budget proposal is a ‘catch-up game,’ administrator says

Among efforts to tackle climate change, protect public health and improve infrastructure, a top priority of the EPA budget request is rebuilding its workforce.

Workforce

‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

Agency Oversight

Calling all zero trust experts, ICE is looking for your help

Federal Newscast

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Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., questions Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Washington. (Toni Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Lawmakers ask for GAO’s help to identify ‘burrowing’ over last 4 years

Agency Oversight

Congress, employee groups ramp up pressure to block Schedule F executive order

Workforce

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)

Sen. Ernst: Telework ‘bolsters’ claim federal agencies don’t need DC headquarters

Workforce

Comptroller General Gene Dodaro/AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta

In sending checks marked ‘deceased,’ IRS prioritized payment speed

Agency Oversight

In this March 5, 2020, photo, a Royal Mail employee wears gloves as he hold parcels and the signature handheld as he delivers in London. While white collar workers trying to avoid contagion can work from home or call in sick if they experience symptoms of the new virus, such precautions are not an options for the millions of waiters, delivery workers, cashiers, ride-hailing drivers, museum attendants and countless others who routinely come into contact with the public. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Lawsuit filed against SSA for refusing electronic signatures

Federal Newscast

In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 photo Rep. Greg Gianforte listens during a meeting with leaders from the Montana Department of Justice and Montana Highway Patrol in Helena, Mont.. Gianforte is running against Democratic challenger Kathleen Williams to keep the congressional seat he won last year in a special election. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Members of Congress worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going to dead people

Federal Newscast

Democratic lawmakers wary of Treasury’s conditions for USPS $10B emergency loan

Congress

Senate Dems concerned with EPA’s handling of contract negotiations with AFGE

Federal Newscast

What’s taking so long on those new administrative leave options?

It’s been more than two years since Congress agreed to overhaul federal administrative leave policies, but agencies are still missing the regulations needed…

Workforce

DHS St. Elizabeths campus gains ‘center of gravity’ with new headquarters

Leadership from DHS and GSA held an opening ceremony Friday for the Center Building, located on the St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast D.C.

Facilities/Construction

USDA relocation proposal faces more congressional backlash

Workforce

As employees at the Agriculture Department await word of a final site decision, more members of Congress are taking steps to try to block the proposed USDA relocation.