Tom Cole

Looking ahead to the no-surprise, likely-late 2025 federal spending bills

It is budget season on Capitol Hill and agency leaders are busy defending their 2025 spending plans in front of the appropriations committees.

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Lawrence Tabak, NIH, National Institutes of Health

Proposed NIH budget boost spending for experimentation, examines lower grant funding for minority scientists

Budget

House advances nine-week continuing resolution, but it faces uphill Senate battle

Government Shutdown

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The bronze Statue of Freedom, by Thomas Crawford, is the crowning feature of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, shown ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

TSP changes, retirement help for former seasonal feds and other bills to watch

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Update: House approves temporary measure for proxy voting, remote committee work

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New bill to help temporary federal workers save for retirement

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FBI, DoD IG conducting preliminary investigation into JEDI, procurements

Reporter's Notebook

DoD IG to consider investigation into Pentagon’s $10B cloud program

Contracts/Awards

FILE - in this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise, in Washington. Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the 2018 primary season winds to a close this week, jumpstarting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats’ ability to harness a wave of opposition to Trump and whether the president can motivate his staunch supporters when he’s not on the ballot. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

At least 180 lawmakers voice support for federal pay raise as Congress goes to conference

12 House Democrats and Republicans call for civilian, military pay parity

Pay

EPA’s chief touts state partnerships and efficiency, despite bipartisan criticism of budget

Management

Lawmakers push for more exemptions to hiring freeze

Lawmakers introduced five bills to ensure the readiness of the federal workforce in the face of the hiring freeze or potential furloughs.

Hiring/Retention

House NDAA amendment preemptively blocks some DoD furloughs

A proposed amendment to the House version of the annual bill setting policy for the Defense Department would preemptively protect DoD employees paid through…

Budget

AFGE members take action during Legislative Conference – February 14, 2014 and February 21, 2014

Federal Insights

This week on AFGE’s “Inside Government” attendees of the union’s annual Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference discuss critical issues facing federal employees. Guests include Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, Reps. Tom Cole (Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (Md.), and the Rev. Terry Melvin, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. AFGE Council of Prison Locals Western Regional Vice President Michael Meserve also appears.