Bills on VA Acquisition, Agency Permitting Set to Advance
The Congressional Budget Office has issued cost estimates on a Senate bill on acquisition practices at the VA and on a House bill on permitting practices| FEDweek
At the four-week mark, the partial government shutdown has resulted in $9 billion in federal employee salaries being deferred so ...More The article Shutdown Has Deferred $9 Billion in Federal Employee Salaries, Says CBO was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
The inspector general’s office at the VA and the AFGE union have cited employee training and other issues in the ...More The article Training, Other Issues Cited in VA Claims Processing Operations was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A Pentagon policy memo to encourage management to fire employees on charges of poor performance and to speed up the ...More The article DoD to Offer Incentives for Employees to Bypass Challenges to Firing was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A federal judge’s order blocking indefinitely RIF notices issued since the start of the partial government shutdown October 1—even if ...More The article Court Order Blocking Shutdown RIFs Cites ‘Chaotic’ Situation in Agencies was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A bipartisan bill (S-3032) newly offered in the Senate aims to enhance protections of federal facilities—among other infrastructure—against scrutiny and ...More The article Bill Offered to Bolster Facility Protections against Drones was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
The Congressional Budget Office has issued cost estimates on a Senate bill on acquisition practices at the VA and on a House bill on permitting practices| FEDweek
“Managing a reduced workforce and budget” is among the top management challenges for the IRS, says an inspector general report ...More The article Loss of Budget, Employees Deemed Top Management Challenges for IRS was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
OMB has told agencies to “bolster, streamline, and speed” efforts to withdraw regulations that they deem to be “facially unlawful,” ...More The article Agencies Told to ‘Bolster, Streamline, and Speed’ Deregulatory Efforts was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
The Trump administration’s nominee to head the GSA—under acting leadership since January—has said that if confirmed, his priorities would be ...More The article GSA Nominee Lists Priorities on Buildings, Acquisition, Other Issues was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
Cyber attacks against federal agencies have grown since the start of the partial government shutdown, says Media Trust, a provider ...More The article Cyber Attacks against Agencies Growing During Shutdown, Company Says was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
In 2020, the U.S. Postal Service benched its own uniformed police force. It was a quiet bureaucratic act — a ...More The article How the USPS’s De-Policing Experiment Helped Usher in a Crime Wave was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
A letter from 30 Senate Democrats to HHS provides the greatest level of detail to date of the layoff notices ...More The article Senate Democrats Detail, Protest HHS Layoff Notices was first published on FEDweek.| FEDweek
Two leading House Democrats on civil service issues have asked the GAO to weigh in on whether the Trump administration’s use of the partial government| FEDweek
The GAO has said that more specific goals are needed in federal agency customer experience improvement efforts, particularly for “high-impact” service| FEDweek
