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Federal Newscast
THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, (length about seven minutes), is a daily Monday through Friday, high-information compilation of nine 40-second news stories and news packages, generated by the non-partisan, non-political, private-sector team of reporters at Federal News Network. Federal News Radio Producer/Newscasters Eric White and Michele Sandiford assemble and read the stories on the THE FEDERAL DRIVE with TERRY GERTON, the weekday morning-drive program, heard from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) on the Federal…
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Federal employees with kids stuck at home can get some educational help
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund has teamed up with Tutor.com, to offer free academic tutoring for kids in K-12…
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Pentagon IG plans to investigate how DOD handles diversity and inclusion issues
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department Inspector General plans to undertake a new investigation into how the Pentagon handles issues like…
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SBA IG raises alarm about disaster loans during coronavirus pandemic
In today's Federal Newscast, the Small Business Administration’s inspector general raises red flags over 78 billion dollars in Economic Injury Disaster Loans…
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CBP has put money towards catching forced labor items, now it needs manpower
In today's Federal Newscast, while the Homeland Security Department dedicated more resources to stopping goods made by forced labor from entering the country…
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Legislators look to make Oversight.gov a permanent fixture
In today's Federal Newscast, he Oversight.gov Authorization Act would formally require the upkeep of the website where users can access all public reports…
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Veterans group teaming up with DHS to fight foreign election interference
In today's Federal Newscast, Vietnam Veterans of America and DHS’s Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency now say they’re trying to stop disinformation…
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Agencies will have some say in what positions will be classified in new schedule
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management is out with preliminary guidance on the president's recent executive order.See Privacy Policy…
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You may soon be able to process your fingerprints at your local post office
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service is working with the FBI to provide fingerprinting services at more than 100 post offices across the country…
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Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation
In today's Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights by…
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Pentagon IG looking into how Defense Department spent coronavirus relief funds
In today's Federal Newscast, the inspector general plans to begin a probe this month, looking into whether DoD’s CARES Act spending complied with the law. See…
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Army getting some help keeping their troops in shape
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army is embedding nutritionists, physical fitness experts and coaches into active duty brigades in hopes of increasing…
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Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees
In today's Federal Newscast, two House Democrats are introducing their own legislation that would give retirees a higher cost-of-living adjustment next…
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USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service reports an uptick in mail volume a few weeks ahead of Election Day, but on-time delivery is also on the…
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Federal executives and workers paint bleak picture of federal workforce
In today's Federal Newscast, the Partnership for Public Service is sounding alarm bells over the state of the federal workforce ahead of the upcoming…
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Congressmen wondering why VA Secretary taking so many trips to battleground states
In today's Federal Newscast, top Democrats on the House and Senate VA Committees say Secretary Robert Wilkie is using government time and taxpayer money to…
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House members wondering why Commerce Dept. isn't playing bigger role in creating national 5G network
In today's Federal Newscast, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have questions for the Commerce Department regarding it's lack of standing in…
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Industry pushback now to White House order on diversity and inclusion training
In today's Federal Newscast, 11 industry associations are calling on the Trump administration to rescind the executive order on diversity and training. See…
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USDA Secretary in hot water for talking politics on a work trip
In today's Federal Newscast, a cabinet secretary gets a bill and a slap on the wrist for a recent Hatch Act violationSee Privacy Policy at…
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Marine Corps' second in command comes down with coronavirus
In today's Federal Newscast, the Marines Corps' number two officer has tested positive for COVID-19. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
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OPM looks to change when it owes back-pay from personnel disputes
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management wants to change how and when federal employees might receive back pay for an unjustified or…
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Former VP Joe Biden lays out plan for USPS, should he be elected
In today's Federal Newscast, former Vice President Joe Biden outlines what he’d do as president for the Postal Service.See Privacy Policy at…
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House members now pushing for way to let feds opt-out of payroll tax deferral
In today's Federal Newscast, Congress makes another push to allow federal employees and military members to opt-out of the president's payroll tax deferral.See…
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Agencies and contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecommunications gear from supply chains
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has extended waivers for agencies requesting more time to excise that gear…
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DHS may finally get a permanent secretary
In today's Federal Newscast, a key Senate committee advanced Chad Wolf's nomination to be permanent homeland security secretary. See Privacy Policy at…
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Last day of FY 2020, Senate expected to send through CR to the President
In today's Federal Newscast, today is the last day of fiscal 2020 and the Senate is expected to move the continuing resolution forward to the President's…
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GAO delivers a tough review of the VA's Community Care Program
- The GAO offers a stark assessment of the V-A's community care program - Political appointees will now have a major role in diversity training - And Army…
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Trump administration provides guidance for recent federal hiring EO
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have a little more guidance now on how they're supposed to implement the president's recent federal hiring executive…
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VA sees slight drop in facilities with staffing shortages
In today's Federal Newscast, medical centers at the Department of Veterans Affairs see a slight improvement in staffing shortages over the last year. See…
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Pentagon easing pandemic travel restrictions
This week’s update from the Pentagon shows just over half of the military’s worldwide installations are now in the “green” category – meaning servicemembers…
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Agencies get deadline for submitting data on funds going to Seattle, Portland, NYC, and D.C.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidance that details how the administration will implement a presidential memo to…
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GAO pleading with agencies to follow recommendations to improve pandemic response
In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro implores agencies and Congress to implement what he called 16 concrete recommendations immediately…
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Senators want NRA Foundation out of the Combined Federal Campaign
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Democratic senators want to remove the National Rifle Association Foundation from the list of approved charities on the…
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$4 million fraud and bribery scheme gets former defense contractor 42-month prison sentence
A former defense contractor is sentenced to prison for taking kickbacks. The Census Bureau’s IT infrastructure has performed better than officials expected…
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On-time mail delivery still not performing at pre-Dejoy level
In today's Federal Newscast, on-time mail delivery still hasn’t fully recovered from operational changes made nearly two months ago by Postmaster General Louis…
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Bill tasking agencies with publishing budget requests passes House
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Justification Act requires agencies to post budget request documents to a single website each year.See…
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EPA takes another step to fulfill transparency EO
In today's Federal Newscast, a final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency gives the public a platform to request changes or removal of agency guidance…
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Survey finds feds spent nearly 500 million hours on low-value work a year
In today's Federal Newscast, a survey from the General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management employees spend an average of 13% a week on…
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Federal managers voice their opposition to White House cancellation of race training
In today's Federal Newscast, senior executives and federal managers have some harsh criticism for the Office of Management and Budget's recent directive on…
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Member of Congress push to eliminate 'mandatory' from the payroll tax deferral policy
The mandatory and controversial payroll tax deferral policy has some in Congress trying to end the "mandatory" part. The president's pick to run OPM, says he…
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POTUS pick to lead OPM accused of 'lacking commitment to federal merit system'
The president's latest pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management comes under fire, one of DC's industry experts is leaving his high-profile post, and a…
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Trump directs OMB to have federal agencies stop 'divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions.'
POTUS directs all agencies to stop all training on critical race theory or white privilege, OMB is reminding agencies they're required to prepare for a…
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Informal deal reached to avert government shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, there is now an informal deal in place to avoid a potential government shutdown at the end of the month. See Privacy Policy at…
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Defense Department opens up five medical facilities for coronavirus vaccine trials
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon has picked five of its health care facilities to help coordinate stage three clinical trials for a potential…
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VA has a slew of appointments to still make up from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic
In today's Federal Newscast, two million appointments canceled during the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic still need rescheduling at the Veterans…
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Some agencies do a better job looking into employees playing hooky
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says not all agencies have been tracking time and attendance fraud consistently.See Privacy…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Most AFGE members don't feel it's safe to return to the office
A majority of American Federation of Government Employees members say they're not ready yet to return to work at their offices. A resounding 79% of A-F-G-E…
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Senator is hoping USCIS can avoid furloughs
In today's Federal Newscast, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee is calling for another delay to employee furloughs at U.S. Citizenship and…
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AFGE hoping to save Pentagon employees' right to unionize
In today's Federal Newscast, the America Federation of Government Employees is making a final push to protect Defense Department employees’ right to unionize…
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USCIS employees may still face furloughs
In today's Federal Newscast, the union representing USCIS employees is disappointed Congress left town for August recess before passing emergency funding for…
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ODNI allowing agencies to delay implementing new rule banning Chinese telecom equipment
In today's Federal Newscast, federal contractors and contracting officers apparently have some relief from the Section 8-8-9 rule that's got the federal I-T…
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Congressional regulators voice concerns about Postal Service delivery standards
In today's Federal Newscast, more than 130 House members tell the Postal Service they’re concerned with mail delivery standards ahead of the November…
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Many VA employees say they've faced racism on the job
In today's Federal Newscast, Nearly 78% of bargaining unit employees say they've experienced racism while working at the Veterans Affairs Department.See…