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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
Bill to create cyber incident response teams at DHS passes the House
In today's Federal Newscast, Rep. Michael McCaul's (R-TX) bill, the DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act, would create groups of cyber first responders in the…
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House appropriators say no to another agency's reorganization plans
In today's Federal Newscast, funding to support the Interior Department's plans to reorganize its bureaus and management functions into 12 unified regions…
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission could face shortage of cyber inspectors
In today's Federal Newscast, the NRC's inspector general finds a third of NRC's inspectors will be eligible to retire in 2020.See Privacy Policy at…
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Veterans Affairs told it should stop posting disciplinary actions on its website
In today's Federal Newscast, an arbitrator finds the Veterans Affairs Department should take down a public record of employee firings and other punishments…
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Congressional VA committee leaders want a better answer on secret wait lists
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate and House Veterans Affairs committee leaders are demanding answers from the VA about claims involving secret wait lists for…
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Bicameral efforts to save nearly 1,000 Forest Service jobs are underway
In today's Federal Newscast, House and Senate lawmakers have taken steps to prevent a White House proposal which would result in about 1,000 layoffs at the…
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Government contracting dollars spiked in 2018
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says agency spending on products and services in 2018 reached its highest level in seven…
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House subcommittee looks to give federal employees another pay bump
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee includes a pay raise for civilian employees in its…
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Navy ramping up adoption of new pay and hiring system for cyber employees
In today's Federal Newscast, the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command started wide-scale implementation of the Cyber Excepted Service this month.See Privacy Policy at…
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Trump admin. plan to cut DOD workers' rights gets axed from Senate NDAA
In today's Federal Newscast, a White House plan to take away some workers rights from civilian D-O-D employees gets denied support from the SenateSee Privacy…
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CBP creates new position to handle border apprehensions
In today's Federal Newscast, to help ease the administrative burden on Border Patrol agents, Customs and Border Protection is creating a new position assigned…
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First look at new ideas to modernize Congress
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress approves its first round of recommendations.See Privacy Policy at…
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Army ready to open more combat positions to female soldiers
In today's Federal Newscast, Army officials give an update of how many female soldiers are now in combat brigades, and plans to place more in the future.See…
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Trump administration unhappy with House appropriators for not funding Interior reorganization
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget is expressing its displeasure with the early versions of appropriations bills coming out of…
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DOD stepping up recruitment efforts to find more diverse cyber talent
In today's Federal Newscast, as part of a new pilot program, the Defense Department awards contracts to five companies to actively recruit technical talent…
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OPM encourages more telework during summer Metro shutdowns
In today's Federal Newscast, OPM is recommending federal agencies adjust their teleworking policies to accommodate disruptions to employees commutes with…
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TSA leaders promise reforms to make agency a better place to work
In today's Federal Newscast, Transportation Security Administration administrator David Pekoske promises a series of changes to improve TSA's human capital…
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Despite increase in federal managers failing probationary periods, agencies hardly takes action
In today's Federal Newscast, the Merit Systems Protection Board finds between 1999 and 2016, only about 7 for ever 1000 new supervisors faced consequences for…
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Despite new accountability law, VA still finding it tough to fire director of DC facility
In today's Federal Newscast, after the Veterans Affairs Department second attempt at firing the director of its DC facility, VA's case against Brian Hawkins is…
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EEOC employees union wastes no time presenting issues to new chairwoman
In today's Federal Newscast, Council 216 of the American Federation of Government Employees is urging the new Chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity…
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House VA committee leaders worried agency is not doing enough to stop sexual harassment at VA facilities
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group in the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants more information about V-A's plans to curb sexual harassment…
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Postal Service retains title of Americans' favorite agency
In today's Federal Newscast, a new Gallup poll shows three in four Americans say USPS is doing a good or excellent job.See Privacy Policy at…
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Senate bill would have GSA and OMB draft plans for relocating agencies outside of D.C.
In today's Federal Newscast, a new bill from Senator Todd Young (R-IN) would grant the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration…
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Less workers at the IRS means....less work getting done
In today's Federal Newscast, amid shrinking budgets and workforce cuts, the IRS has also seen a reduction in tax enforcement.See Privacy Policy at…
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Senators look to revive program to help small businesses work with the Pentagon
In today's Federal Newscast, a new Senate bill looks to improve the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protégé Program, which expired last year.See Privacy Policy at…
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GAO has suggestions for Congress in handling whistleblowers
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office has provided Congress with some best practices when it comes to dealing with federal…
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USPS may start delivering booze for extra money
In today's Federal Newscast, a new bill in the House calls for allowing the Postal Service to deliver alcohol to consumers.See Privacy Policy at…
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USDA narrows down choices for relocation of two bureaus
In today's Federal Newscast, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue reveals where the agency is looking to relocate the Economic Research Service and National…
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New bill to help temporary federal workers save for retirement
In today's Federal Newscast, A bipartisan pair of lawmakers want to give some federal employees a new retirement flexibility.See Privacy Policy at…
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Third intelligence official of the year found guilty of conspiring with Chinese government
In today's Federal Newscast, another former member of the intelligence community is found to have conspired with Chinese intelligence services.See Privacy…
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New bill would let military servicemembers sue Pentagon for medical malpractice
In today's Federal Newscast, a handful of members of Congress introduce a bill to allow military servicemembers to sue the Department of Defense for instances…
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New rule could shift defense contracts to performance-based payment model
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to require all fixed price contracts be paid out through performance-based contractual…
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Lawmakers worried about the amount of leadership turnover at the Homeland Security Department
In today's Federal Newscast, Three House committee chairmen are launching an investigation into recent leadership changes at the Homeland Security…
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CBP hopes new retention incentive will convince Border Patrol agents to stick around
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection is offering bonuses to Border Patrol agents who enter into a 12 month service agreement with the…
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Coast Guard to get new icebreaker, but says it will need more to compete in the Arctic
In today's Federal Newscast, the Coast Guard will finally get one of it's ships it says it's needed for a long time, but also puts out a new strategy for the…
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Social Security Administration will need to dip into reserve funds to stay afloat
In today's Federal Newscast, in their annual report to Congress, the Social Security Trustees say they expect total costs to exceed income next year, and in…
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Labor Dept. trying out faster way to process contractor punishments
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department will pilot a faster approach to discretionary suspension and debarment with its Inspector General and its…
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IRS is having trouble outing tax cheats under its own roof
In today's Federal Newscast, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration finds the I-R-S doesn't always follow its own procedures for reviewing and…
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OGE considering restrictions for donations to federal employees' legal expense funds
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics wants feedback on whether it should set restrictions on donations to legal expense funds for…
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Another clue into when feds will see raise in their paychecks
In today's Federal Newscast, all signs point to federal employees' paychecks looking a little larger by early next week. See Privacy Policy at…
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Hundreds of federal officers have personal information hacked
In today's Federal Newscast, the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers appears to have been stolen from websites affiliated…
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Bill to give federal employees 12 weeks of paid family leave now has Senate companion
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
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Navy will drop all charges against those facing court-martial trials for deadly collision
In today's Federal Newscast, it appears the Navy will be dropping all charges against leadership involved in the USS Fitzgerald's fatal collision with a…
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A new bill to provide financial help to federal employees during government shutdowns
In today's Federal Newscast, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduces new legislation requiring federal regulators to encourage financial institutions…
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New plan recommends reducing food waste at federal buildings
In today's Federal Newscast, a new federal interagency strategy from the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental…
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Air Force may be better off trying to keep pilots than creating more
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows it would cost the military more money to create new pilots, rather than trying to keep…
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Federal arbiters' ruling means HHS employees will see leave and telework days cut down
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Services Impasses Panel sides mostly with management in a disputed between labor groups and the Health and Human…
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DHS gets kudos for management reforms
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors at the Government Accountability Office say DHS has made considerable progress towards fixing management weaknesses. See…
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Does TSA have a retention problem?
In today's Federal Newscast, a quarter of the 8,000 Transportation Security Administration officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first…
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Pair of bills would ensure federal workers don't lose insurance during future shutdowns
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduce two new bills to ensure federal employees don't lose insurance benefits…
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IG: Cyber crime victims waited for up nine months to be notified by the FBI
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department's Inspector General says the FBI’s notification system, Cyber Guardian, lacked complete and reliable data…
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House bill would create panel of cyber experts to help DHS
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the house would create a panel of cyber professionals to advise the Homeland Security Department.See…
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Senators want to disband VA review committee...before it's even formed
In today's Federal Newscast, two senators want to reverse steps Congress took last year to begin a comprehensive review of medical facilities at the Veterans…
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Senators hope to eliminate federal retirement cuts from budget resolution
In today's Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.See Privacy…
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GAO: Cuts to IRS workforce are taking a toll
In today's Federal Newscast, staffing cuts at the IRS have limited its ability to conduct audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.See Privacy…
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DoD authorizes up to $1 billion for wall at U.S. southern border
In today's Federal Newscast, up to $1 billion from the Pentagon is now available to help support the Homeland Security Department's drug enforcement efforts at…
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Large amount of IT updates may have doomed Forever GI bill from the start
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general releases its review of the agency's implementation of the new Forever GI…
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President Trump names pick for U.S. CTO
In today's Federal Newscast, former venture capitalist Michael Kratsios is tapped to become the next U.S. Chief Technology Officer.See Privacy Policy at…
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White House to examine Management Agenda one year later
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration says it now sees an opportunity to build on many of the 14 cross-agency priority goals outlined in the…
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White House wants $17.6B for cybersecurity in 2020 budget, mostly DoD
The White House plans on spending even more to secure federal networks and data in 2020. President Donald Trump requested $17.6 billion for federal…