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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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GSA awards new contract to help federal awards process run smoother
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is changing how it verifies that companies are eligible to do business with or receive…
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Bipartisan support builds for increase employment access for former criminals
There is strong bipartisan in both the House and Senate for criminal justice reform that removes barriers to employment for people with a criminal record…
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Adjudications feeling the pressure as NBIB cuts security clearance backlog
The National Background Investigations Bureau said it's made some serious progress on the backlog of pending security clearances. It's down to 542,000 now. But…
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Administration's proposal to cut federal retirement sees bipartisan pushback
President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal retirement system are drawing criticism from some members of Congress. Hear this story and more in…
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Leader of both NSA and Cyber Command has “classified” opinion on splitting the two roles
Gen. Paul Nakasone currently leads both organizations in a relationship that has existed since CYBERCOM was first created a decade ago. Asked whether he…
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Trump's budget targets the backlog of asylum cases
Besides an $8.6 billion request for to complete his southern border wall, The administration has requested $72 million to fund the stronger enforcement of…
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Troops stand to get 3.1% increase in Trump budget proposal
Service members would see a 3.1 percent pay raise next January under the president’s plan, and the military would add about 30,000 more active-duty and reserve…
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Senators hope to secure back pay for contractors affected by government shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the…
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Acting Director of Indian Health Service in hot water over pedophile doctor
In today's Federal Newscast, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want to hear from Acting Director Rear Admiral Michael Weahkee, about what he's…
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Military unveils plan to help servicemembers with on base housing issues
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army, Navy and Air Force say they’re establishing a “tenant’s bill of rights” to help military members deal with cases of…
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DMV lawmakers ask about 1.9% raise....again
In today's Federal Newscast, several DC area members of Congress want to know if it's realistic for federal employees to expect more money in their next…
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Congressman takes aim at federal travel with series of bills
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) is on a "journey" to make sure federal agencies don't abuse federal travel plans.See Privacy…
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More time given for security clearance modernization ideas
In today's Federal Newscast, more time is given for companies to come up with new ideas for the security clearance process. See Privacy Policy at…
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Navy says F-35 is ready for action
In today's Federal Newscast, more than 17 years after Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition first started, the Navy says its version of the F-35 is…
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Departments of Labor and Transportation hit with cyber spoofing attack
In today's Federal Newscast, the cybersecurity firm Anomali Labs says it's found a malicious server hosting two separate phishing campaigns targeting…
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USPS exploring idea of self-driving mail trucks
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Postal Service is asking industry for an autonomous vehicle that can follow a route while a mail carrier is able to sort…
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Union seeks answers on when federal employees can expect to see pay raise
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union is asking the Office of Personnel Management when federal employees can expect to see the…
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Judge rules all-male military draft is unconstitutional
In today's Federal Newscast, after the National Coalition for Men sued, a federal district judge rules in its favor, saying forcing only men to register for…
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission looks to become fully digital
In today's Federal Newscast, the EEOC says it now has the capability to make its charge processing and records system fully digital.See Privacy Policy at…
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A win for federal retires in the Supreme Court
In today's Federal Newscast, the Supreme Court rules in favor of a federal retiree, who says the state of West Virginia unfairly taxed his annuity income.See…
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Federal employees get much needed guidance for help during shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics lays out what kind of aid furloughed employees are allowed to receive during a government…
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U.S. Forest Service still facing sexual misconduct problem
In today's Federal Newscast, the Agriculture Department's Inspector General finds the U.S. Forest Service is not quickly acting on sexual assault and…
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Senator wants list of military projects to be affected by President Trump's emergency declaration
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) is asking the Defense Department which military projects will lose funding due to President Trump…
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IG: Education Dept. not doing enough to regulate student loan industry
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the agency's inspector general finds the Education Department lacks policies and procedures to ensure loan…
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CBO: DoD will need $735 billion by 2033 to cover cost of plans
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office takes a look at just how much it will cost for the Defense Department to go through with all of…
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Federal Labor Relations Board ending relations with its labor union
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the agency in charge of union relationships, no longer has one with it's own employees…
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New VA committee chair looking into 'Mar-a-Lago crowd' influence at agency
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Mark Takano (D-CA) is launching an official investigation into the influence of three members of President Trump’s…
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OPM answers some post-shutdown HR questions
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management answers some lingering questions that popped up due to the recent partial government…
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Grounded for nearly a decade, NASA to start sending manned spacecraft again this summer
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.See Privacy Policy at…
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Another new source of financial help for furloughed workers for next possible shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take…
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Federal employees can still be fired for accidentally eating marijuana edibles
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court rules against an employee appealing his removal when he failed a drug test, after he says he accidentally ate a…
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ICE lacking oversight of detention facility contractors
In today's Federal Newscast, the Homeland Security Inspector General finds when it comes to detention facilities contractors, Immigration and Customs…
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National Parks Service lost millions during partial government shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, an internal email to staff at the National Park Service explains the effect the partial government shutdown had on the agency.See…
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Army Secretary 'disappointed' in amount of sexual assaults at military academies
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the Defense Department shows there was a slight increase in the amount of sexual assaults reported at military…
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Plan to give civilian federal employees pay raise gets more Congressional support
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department releases its much anticipated community care standards, which lay out what veterans are allowed to…
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Plan to give civilian federal employees pay raise gets more Congressional support
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats have brought forth a companion to a new bill from House Democratic leaders, which calls for giving civilian…
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Lawmakers anxiously await Veterans Affairs' new community care standards
In today's Federal Newscast, there are many Democrats in Congress worried about VA's new regulations expanding veterans' access to private care.See Privacy…
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Shutdown ends, but another one may be right around the corner
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.See Privacy…
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Shutdown has cost small businesses $2.3 billion
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates there were about $2.3 billion in government contracts that would have been issued to small…
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White House: What will happen if shutdown goes into spring?
In today's Federal Newscast, agency leaders are being asked to provide a list of what programs will be effected if the current partial government shutdown goes…
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'Emergency directive' from DHS calls for agencies to step up cyber measures
In today's Federal Newscast, the Homeland Security Department says a series of incidents have tampered with agencies Domain Name Systems on their websites.See…
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VA wait times appear to be going down
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study in the Journal of American Medicine Association finds veterans waited fewer days in 2017 than 2014.See Privacy Policy…
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New bill asks the Treasury Dept. to offer furloughed feds interest free loans
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative TJ Cox's (D-CA) first introduced legislation in Congress is meant to ease the financial hardship furloughed federal…
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Senators ask for TSA's plan as shutdown drags on
In today's Federal Newscast, two Senators ask the Transportation Security Administration for its plan if staffing shortages and call outs continue.See Privacy…
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Bills to protect federal employees and interns from sexual harassment pass House
In today's Federal Newscast, bills to improve agency oversight of sexual harassment and give federal interns the same protection as employees pass the…
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Senator wants update on furloughed feds' health coverage
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is asking the Office of Personnel Management how it's making sure federal employees furloughed due to the…
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TSA to bring some financial relief to its screeners going unpaid during shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, along with bonuses, the Transportation Security Administration says it can legally pay employees who worked the first day of the…
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Senator wonders why National Park site in Trump hotel is still being staffed
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Gary Peters wants to know why it decided to reopen the Old Post Office Tower within the Trump Hotel during the government…
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Report: Shutdown is costing U.S. economy $430 million a day
In today's Federal Newscast, analysis shows the loss of salary from federal workers, and the loss of income substitution provided through USDA because of the…
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Should Congress get paid during a shutdown? One member says no
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill introduced by Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) would authorize congressional payroll administrators to dock pay for members of…
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Federal employees could lose total of $2 billion in pay during government shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, a review by the Center for American Progress looks at how much money federal workers could lose during the partial government…
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Federal courts can hold out two more weeks under government shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, federal courts will be able to continue operating until January 18 with their limited funds during the partial government…
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Senate bills would secure back pay for low-wage federal contractors
A bill in Congress would make sure federal employees who work in security, food service, and janitorial services, get reimbursed after the government shutdown…
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Coalition of federal employee groups plead with White House to end shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, an alliance of 30 federal employee organizations are urging the President to end the partial government shutdown.See Privacy…
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New Congress lays out priorities with appropriations bills
In today's Federal Newscast, incoming House leadership unveils its new rules package without including rule which lets Congress reduce the number of employees…
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HHS unveils new cybersecurity ideas for healthcare industry
In today's Federal Newscast, Health and Human Services issues voluntary cybersecurity practices for the healthcare industry.See Privacy Policy at…
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Reminder: No gifts for federal employees, even during a shutdown
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies remind their employees, the same ethics rules and guidelines apply during a government shutdown. See Privacy Policy at…
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CBP Commissioner pleads for Congressional help after second child dies in its custody
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan says Congress needs to fund improvements to the agency's holding…
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President Trump wants at least some barriers at southern border before ending shutdown
In today's Federal Newscasts, the President lays out his latest set of demands from Democrats to end the partial government shutdown.See Privacy Policy at…
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Congressman brushes off idea of federal workers living paycheck to paycheck
In today's Federal Newscast, while some members of Congress are trying to make sure federal employees can get paid during a potential shutdown, don't expect…