House Majority Leader prepares lawmakers for continuing resolution
In today's Federal Newscast, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) tells his colleagues what may seem inevitable: a continuing resolution is the likely outcome ahead of the upcoming government fund...
1 Sep 20207min
NIH establishing new organizations to track emerging diseases around the world
In today's Federal Newscast, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with NIH created a network of new organizations to provide early warnings of emerging diseases wherever they occu...
31 Aug 20206min
Up for grabs: A $12 billion, 10-Year Defense Department IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to release a draft solicitation for what it estimates will be an $11.7 billion dollar contract over the next ten years. It’s called Defense Enclave Service...
28 Aug 20208min
Official word on the Hatch Act: It does not apply to POTUS or the VEEP.
Special Counsel Henry Kerner, in a statement, says the Hatch Act expressly does not apply to the President or Vice President and that only the Justice Department can advise on criminal provisions from...
27 Aug 20207min
Pandemic-fueled TSP participants are withdrawing and borrowing thousands of dollars
More than 30,000 TSP participants have taken money out of their Thrift Savings Plans. Over 9,100 have taken a loan, while nearly 1,600 have taken a special CARES Act loan. See Privacy Policy at https:...
26 Aug 20208min
Pandemic Victims: FDIC's early retirement & buyout offers
The early retirement and buyout offers the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation made to its employees back in March are off the table. F-D-I-C made the offer to 20 percent of its workforce in early M...
25 Aug 20208min
More members of Congress are calling on USCIS to delay looming end-of-the-month furloughs
More members of Congress are calling on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to delay upcoming employee furloughs at the end of the month. Top Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee h...
24 Aug 20208min
Census Bureau enumerators just not adding up
The Census Bureau has little more than a month until it wraps up 2020 field operations, but it never came close to hiring the number of enumerators officials said were needed to complete the job.See P...
21 Aug 20207min
