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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 Newscast
Senate approves bill calling for more security measures on IT supply chain
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security act establishes a council to come up with policies and processes for agencies to…
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The Postal Service could stand to lose a few...square feet
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service's Inspector General says USPS has more than a million square feet in excess real estate.See Privacy Policy at…
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Miscue at Federal Protective Service had some inspectors earning more than the Vice President
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Protective Service mismanaged its payroll and budget leading to excessive overtime and spending shortfalls. See…
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Zinke to leave Interior Dept. at the end of the year
In today's Federal Newscast, citing the cost of defending himself against "false" allegations, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he will be stepping down.See…
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Special Operations Command to issue ethics guidance, amid scandals
In today's Federal Newscast, General Raymond Thomas III calls for a 90-day review amid a handful of ethics scandals.See Privacy Policy at…
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Senate Dems lay out shutdown possibilities
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats say over 300,000 federal employees will be furloughed if Congress can't come to a deal on 7 remaining…
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Latest FITARA scores show improvement
In today's Federal Newscast, 11 agencies improved their grades, and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or…
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CBP issues partial stop work order to Accenture for hiring contract
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire…
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Congressman wants OSC to reconsider ban on impeachment talk
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is asking the Office of Special Counsel to rescind its recent memo prohibiting certain…
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New report highlights Air Force mistakes in mass shooter's background check
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department's Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year's mass…
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Study shows military pay has been rising faster than civilian pay
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the RAND Corporation analyzes how military pay stacks up against civilian pay over the last 20 years.See Privacy…
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Army Sergeant gets 25 years in prison for supporting ISIS
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department says Sgt. Ikaika Kang provided sensitive military documents and military equipment to who he thought were…
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Pentagon IG, seeing success with new way of handling whistleblower retaliation complaints
In today's Federal Newscast, officials with the Defense Department's Office of Inspector General say they’ve had much more success with a new alternative…
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Senate bill would make it harder for political appointees to become civil servants
In today's Federal Newscast, a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee bill would create stronger laws to prevent political appointees from…
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Bill to digitize more government services passes House
In today's Federal Newscast, the Integrated Digital Experience Act calls for digitizing government processes and establishing minimum standards for federal…
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VA makes change to payment method for Forever GI Bill benefits
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department is forced to change how it pays for veterans' education benefits after IT problems. See Privacy…
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Federal employee union warns Congress about the effect a shutdown would have on agency operations
In today’s Federal Newscast, with the threat of a government shutdown looming, the National Treasury Employees Union is pleading with Congress to pass the…
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GAO to investigate influence Mar-A-Lago members had in VA decisions
In today's Federal Newscast, after requests from Congress, the Government Accountability Office will look into how the Veterans Affairs Department developed…
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VA reorganizes health administration to comply with Trump executive order
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is realigning the health administration to comply with the president's reorganization executive order.See Privacy…
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Documents show more than 200 cases of Federal Air Marshals misusing firearms
In today's Federal Newscast, there have been more than 200 cases of Federal Air Marshals misusing their firearms between 2005 and 2017.See Privacy Policy at…
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NASA receives yet another clean financial audit
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA receives its 8th consecutive clean financial audit opinion for fiscal year 2018.See Privacy Policy at…
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OPM building public database of federal union agreements
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management gives federal agencies more guidance on how to comply with the White House's executive orders…
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Senators want more tax help for federal employees who relocate
In today’s Federal Newscast, Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) say federal agencies aren’t proactively helping employees understand how or if…
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How one agency cut over $4.5 billion in improper payments
In today's Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one…
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How IRS Investigations division is coping with smaller workforce
In today’s Federal Newscast, in it’s annual report for 2018, the IRS’ Criminal Investigation division explains how it’s maintaining enforcement despite not…
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Another year of financial losses for the Postal Service
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service lost money for the 12th straight year, though a rate increase on stamps could help. See Privacy Policy at…
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IG: Still more OPM can do to improve cybersecurity stanadards
In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general assesses what the agency had done to improve its cybersecurity controls…
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IT problems cause delay in veterans receiving GI Bill benefits
In today’s Federal Newscast, thousands of veterans are waiting for the Veterans Affairs Department to pay their education benefits.See Privacy Policy at…
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Wilkie says Congress won't go along with VA budget cuts
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said he is not concerned about the president's request that all agencies cut their budgets by 5 percent next year…
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Warner presses for DoD action on substandard military housing
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is pushing the Defense Department for information on how it will fix derelict homes on several bases in Virginia. The inquiry comes…
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Cybersecurity collaboration on mid-terms now being re-focused on 2020
An unprecedented federal and state collaboration to defend election systems against Russian interference ended this week with no obvious voting system…
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Democratically-controlled House could have positive effect for feds
In today's Federal Newscast, with Democrats retaking the House, it could have a big effect on federal workforce issues and committee oversight.See Privacy…
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IRS increases amount TSP participants can contribute in 2019
In today’s Federal Newscast, the IRS sets the annual contribution limit for 401k style retirement plans and the Thrift Savings Plan for 2019.See Privacy Policy…
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Agencies get some help solidifying their insider threat programs
In today’s Federal Newscast, the National Insider Threat Task Force introduces a new maturity framework to help teach agencies what makes a good program.See…
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Federal employees union wants CFPB official gone
In today’s Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union files a mass grievance against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for keeping on a…
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Federal Unions' OPM lawsuits heading back to court
In today's Federal Newscast on the Federal News Network, federal employee unions are heading back to court to pursue their cases against the Office of…
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Interior IG refers investigation into Sec. Zinke to Justice Dept.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of the Interior inspector general has referred one of their investigations into Secretary Ryan Zinke's actions to…
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Postal Service hoped downsizing would save more
In today’s Federal Newscast, USPS’ Inspector General finds the agency only saved $91 million in 2016 and 2017 after consolidating more than 200 facilities…
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OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct-hire authorities
In today’s Federal Newscast on the Federal News Network, the Office of Personnel Management is changing regulations on direct-hire authorities.See Privacy…
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CBO: Giving Trump authority to devise re-org plan would not impact budget
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office assessed a bill which would give the Trump administration expedited authority to reorganize the…
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FERC Chairman resigns due to health concerns
In today's Federal Newscast, Neil Chatterjee will take over as chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after Kevin McIntyre announced he was…
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GSA moving forward with automated contract oversight process
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is fixing a shortcoming of the acquisition oversight process by using artificial…
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Dozens of states express interest in hosting new locations for two USDA bureaus
In today’s Federal Newscast, 35 states and 136 different groups express interest in hosting the new locations for the Agriculture Department’s Economic…
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Another Navy Commander sentenced in ‘Fat Leonard’ case
In today’s Federal Newscast, former Navy commander Troy Amundson gets more than two years in prison for accepting gifts from the now infamous contractor…
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New playbook to help agencies battle fraud
In today’s Federal Newscast, the CFO Council and Bureau of the Fiscal Services creates a new playbook with information to help agencies reduce the risk of…
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White House touts savings from deregulatory actions
In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House says its regulatory reform efforts saved $23 billion in fiscal 2018.See Privacy Policy at…
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Move to replace Interior Department’s Inspector General leaves some troubled
In today’s Federal Newscast, the Project on Government Oversight calls the move to replace Acting Interior Inspector General Mary Kendall with a political…
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Longtime Senate security director pleads guilty to lying to FBI
In today’s Federal Newscast, James Wolfe, who was the head of the security for the Senate Intelligence Committee for almost 30 years, pleads guilty to making…
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VA appoints new permanent director for DC medical center
In today’s Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie appoints a new permanent director for the DC medical center.See Privacy Policy at…
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Florida Air Force Base severely damaged by Hurricane Michael
In today’s Federal Newscast on the Federal News Network, base officials are the describing the damage at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle as…
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DoD and VA both commit to one, interoperable, Electronic Health Record
In today's Federal Newscast, the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs sign an official joint statement, containing provisions to hold both agencies…
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GSA requiring two-step verification for all federal agency websites
In today’s Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration announces starting this month, all federal domains ending in .gov or .fed will require the use…
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DHS: Agro Industry also facing cybersecurity challenges
In today’s Federal Newscast on the Federal News Network, a new report from the Homeland Security Department says large agricultural operations face cyber…
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Tropical Storm Michael nears hurricane strength, alerting federal responders in Florida
Federal responders and support units are keeping their eyes on Tropical Storm Michael that rapidly formed off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula over the weekend. The…
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Voice of America fires 15 staffers for accepting bribes from a foreign officia
The Voice of America announced Thursday it has fired or proposed to terminate more than half the members of its Hausa language service following an…
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IRS questionned about the accuracy of its customer satisfaction reports
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson has questioned the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) method for reporting customer service satisfaction, calling it…
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Pentagon pulls back performance-based contract payment rule
In today’s Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, the new rule revising progress payments and performance-based payment policies for defense contracts is said…
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GAO: USPS' retiree health benefits fund could be depleted by 2030
In today's Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, the Government Accountability Office said the Postal Service's retiree health benefits fund has over $60…
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GSA hires Ad Hoc, Fearless to upgrade search.gov portal
The General Services Administration has hired Ad Hoc and Fearless to upgrade the search.gov platform. The platform supports nearly 2,000 search boxes on…
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Federal employees may not be able to access social media, personal e-mail if Senate bill becomes law
In today’s Federal Newscast, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee forwards the the Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act, which…