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Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
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The 3 possible fates feds face in a government shutdown
Unlike what the name suggests, the federal government doesn’t fully close during a government shutdown and employees generally face one of three outcomes as a result: furloughed, excepted or exempted.
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Interagency mix-up could delay $50b telecom contract, IG finds
The Federal Acquisition Service’s failure to get interagency agreements for its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract could open its implementation up to costly oversight confusion, according to a recent General Services Administration inspector general report.
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District court rules against preliminary injunction in CFPB leadership battle
In another win for the Trump administration, the District Court for the District of Colombia ruled this week to deny Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deputy director Leandra English’s preliminary injunction against Trump’s pick for acting director of the agency, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney.
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Agencies failed to identify over a quarter of IT contracts in 2016
A recent GAO report has found that within 22 federal agencies reviewed, 31,493 IT contracts accounting for $4.5 billion went unidentified by those agencies in 2016.
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Lack of political appointees gives career feds opportunities for disruption
The lack of presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed leaders in the government reportedly gives career civil servants the opportunity to take risks to disrupt the culture, workforce and priorities of their agencies.
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New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
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Taxpayers to see changes on their paychecks in February
The IRS has released new tax withholding tables to reflect changes made by the GOP’s new tax law, meaning that employees will begin to see changes on their paychecks as soon as February.
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The IRS expects to answer only 4 of every 10 taxpayer questions. And no tough ones.
Strapped for funding, the Internal Revenue Service is unprepared to deal with taxpayer needs for the first tax season under the GOP’s new tax law, according to the Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report to Congress.
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Marco Rubio’s 3 theories on who launched the Cuba sonic attacks
Sen. Marco Rubio theorized recently that there are three possible answers to who perpetrated the sonic attacks on U.S. embassy employees and their families in Cuba.
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Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
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The 3 possible fates feds face in a government shutdown
Unlike what the name suggests, the federal government doesn’t fully close during a government shutdown and employees generally face one of three outcomes as a result: furloughed, excepted or exempted.
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Interagency mix-up could delay $50b telecom contract, IG finds
The Federal Acquisition Service’s failure to get interagency agreements for its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract could open its implementation up to costly oversight confusion, according to a recent General Services Administration inspector general report.
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District court rules against preliminary injunction in CFPB leadership battle
In another win for the Trump administration, the District Court for the District of Colombia ruled this week to deny Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deputy director Leandra English’s preliminary injunction against Trump’s pick for acting director of the agency, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney.
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Agencies failed to identify over a quarter of IT contracts in 2016
A recent GAO report has found that within 22 federal agencies reviewed, 31,493 IT contracts accounting for $4.5 billion went unidentified by those agencies in 2016.
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Lack of political appointees gives career feds opportunities for disruption
The lack of presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed leaders in the government reportedly gives career civil servants the opportunity to take risks to disrupt the culture, workforce and priorities of their agencies.
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New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
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Taxpayers to see changes on their paychecks in February
The IRS has released new tax withholding tables to reflect changes made by the GOP’s new tax law, meaning that employees will begin to see changes on their paychecks as soon as February.
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The IRS expects to answer only 4 of every 10 taxpayer questions. And no tough ones.
Strapped for funding, the Internal Revenue Service is unprepared to deal with taxpayer needs for the first tax season under the GOP’s new tax law, according to the Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report to Congress.
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Marco Rubio’s 3 theories on who launched the Cuba sonic attacks
Sen. Marco Rubio theorized recently that there are three possible answers to who perpetrated the sonic attacks on U.S. embassy employees and their families in Cuba.
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Bipartisan coalition proposes narrow DACA, border security solution
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., have authored a bill, titled the USAact, offering a permanent legislative solution to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, as well as increased border security.
-
The 3 possible fates feds face in a government shutdown
Unlike what the name suggests, the federal government doesn’t fully close during a government shutdown and employees generally face one of three outcomes as a result: furloughed, excepted or exempted.
-
Interagency mix-up could delay $50b telecom contract, IG finds
The Federal Acquisition Service’s failure to get interagency agreements for its Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract could open its implementation up to costly oversight confusion, according to a recent General Services Administration inspector general report.
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District court rules against preliminary injunction in CFPB leadership battle
In another win for the Trump administration, the District Court for the District of Colombia ruled this week to deny Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deputy director Leandra English’s preliminary injunction against Trump’s pick for acting director of the agency, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney.
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Agencies failed to identify over a quarter of IT contracts in 2016
A recent GAO report has found that within 22 federal agencies reviewed, 31,493 IT contracts accounting for $4.5 billion went unidentified by those agencies in 2016.
-
Lack of political appointees gives career feds opportunities for disruption
The lack of presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed leaders in the government reportedly gives career civil servants the opportunity to take risks to disrupt the culture, workforce and priorities of their agencies.
-
New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
-
Taxpayers to see changes on their paychecks in February
The IRS has released new tax withholding tables to reflect changes made by the GOP’s new tax law, meaning that employees will begin to see changes on their paychecks as soon as February.
-
The IRS expects to answer only 4 of every 10 taxpayer questions. And no tough ones.
Strapped for funding, the Internal Revenue Service is unprepared to deal with taxpayer needs for the first tax season under the GOP’s new tax law, according to the Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report to Congress.
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Marco Rubio’s 3 theories on who launched the Cuba sonic attacks
Sen. Marco Rubio theorized recently that there are three possible answers to who perpetrated the sonic attacks on U.S. embassy employees and their families in Cuba.
