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OMB tells agencies to update plans for a government shutdown

In today’s Federal Newscast: USPS wanted to break even this fiscal year. Instead, it has lost nearly $7 billion. The CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition…

Federal Newscast

There’s only one question before Congress, at least this week

Government Shutdown

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Is spending on American defense too much or perhaps not enough on the right things

Defense

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If you want new culture in your agency, try yogurt

Management

In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, a life-size replica of the Oval Office where former President Richard Nixon worked in the White House is exhibited in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A former president’s library has a new archivist

Management

With shutdown looming, don’t overestimate your chances of success in the private sector

Federal Report

A financial planning checklist, as summer draws to a close

Pay & Benefits

In suicide prevention month, let’s not forget the four-legged friends

Veterans Affairs

FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. According to an analysis by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in JAMA Pediatrics, most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

Waterborne Legionnaires’ disease bacteria discovered in some federal buildings

In today’s Federal Newscast: OMB Director Shalanda Young warns that a continuing resolution could discontinue hiring. CQ Brown gets the green light to…

Federal Newscast

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, as Congress returns to a busy schedule and Democratic lawmakers are laboring to shoulder President Joe Biden's massive $3.5 trillion

Congressmen raise concerns about child care during government shutdown

In today’s Federal Newscast: Two congressmen are raising concerns about child care for essential workers during a government shutdown. D.C. Delegate Eleanor…

Federal Newscast

A messy dispute caught one company for millions of dollars of government refund demands

Contracting

The CARES Act, enacted during the pandemic, let the government reimburse contractors for employees on paid leave: Those who could not access federal work sites or work remotely. One company took the money, then later faced a demand from the Navy for a $4 million reimbursement. It gets ugly. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone partner Zach Prince.

Federal Drive

OMB tells agencies to update plans for a government shutdown

There’s only one question before Congress, at least this week

Is spending on American defense too much or perhaps not enough on the right things

Government shutdown survival tips from someone who’s been through them

Maintenance issues ground America’s 450 F-35 fighters half the time

How bad would a government shutdown really be?

If you want new culture in your agency, try yogurt

A former president’s library has a new archivist

With shutdown looming, don’t overestimate your chances of success in the private sector

A financial planning checklist, as summer draws to a close

In suicide prevention month, let’s not forget the four-legged friends

Waterborne Legionnaires’ disease bacteria discovered in some federal buildings

Congressmen raise concerns about child care during government shutdown

A messy dispute caught one company for millions of dollars of government refund demands

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