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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/New...
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National Guardsman in Washington, DC are moving to long-term housing
The National Guard is moving thousands of Guardsmen mobilized to Washington, D.C., from hotels into apartments. The National Guard Bureau has awarded...
House clears bill to correct pension payments for 8,000 federal retirees
The House has cleared a bill to correct pension payments for close 8,000 federal retirees. The “Pensions for Retired Uniformed Servicemembers Act” com...
House committee considers options for avoiding future government shutdowns
The House Appropriations Committee convened Wednesday to discuss legislative options to keep the federal government open when Congress fails to put an...
Iran War operational costs climb over $37 billion
The Iran War's operational costs have climbed to an estimated $37.5 billion as the conflict finishes its fifth month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth t...
House passes bill expanding whistleblower protections
Federal contractors will gain broader whistleblower protections under legislation passed by the House on Monday. The bill blocks retaliation against c...
FEMA chief financial officer was unlawfully fired, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday ruled the Trump administration unlawfully fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer last year....
Democrats look to support laid off Foreign Service officers
Democrats are seeking to offer support to laid-off Foreign Service officers looking to get their jobs back. A new bill called the Foreign Service Test...
Cyber agencies warn critical industries about Russia-linked hackers
Cybersecurity agencies are warning critical industries, including government contractors, about Russia-linked hackers targeting insecure routers and o...
DOJ’s top FOIA official is stepping down
A top Justice Department official that oversees how agencies administer the Freedom of Information Act is stepping down. Sean Glendening has left his...
Southern border operations cost DoD at least $2.6 billion
The Defense Department has spent at least $2.6 billion on southern border operations since the beginning of fiscal 2025. It used multiple funding mech...
Agencies get help for their own Federal Employee Viewpoint Surveys
Agencies have new resources to help them run their own versions of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey this year. A playbook from the Office of Pers...
Federal retirement processing times are slowing down
Federal retirement processing times are slowing down. During June, it took OPM an average of 108 days to process a retirement claim, according to the...
Skills-based federal hiring gets another push from Congress
A move toward skills-based federal hiring is getting another push from Congress. A new bipartisan bill would push agencies to ease college degree requ...
Army replaces height and weight tables for body composition
The Army is replacing its long-criticized height-and-weight tables and tape test with a waist-to-height ratio to measure body composition. The change...
There’s a new leader at NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new leader. Arvind Raman was sworn is as the fifth undersecretary of commerce for standards a...
Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules
The Trump administration is looking to tweak the rules for federal employees’ paid administrative leave. Recent proposed regulations from the Office o...
Thrift Savings Plan fund see growth in June
The good news about your Thrift Savings Plan for June, only two funds saw month over month drops. As for the other funds, 13 of 14 experienced minimal...
IRS pauses removal of NTEU materials from the workplace
The IRS still doesn’t recognize a union that represents much of its workforce. But the agency has agreed it will no longer bar employees from keeping...
New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline
Two Democrats and two Republicans have teamed up on a bill that would give military families more time to make important financial decisions after a s...
Democratic lawmakers take up the fight against federal NDAs
Dozens of House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to abandon its proposal for a governmentwide non-disclosure agreement. The lawmakers say...
Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act
A lawsuit challenging Schedule Policy/Career is doubling down on its arguments. The recently amended complaint now directly challenges the reclassific...
House 2027 defense spending bill heads to the full chamber
The House's version of the 2027 defense spending bill is moving on to the full chamber for consideration. House appropriators voted 34 to 27 to approv...
Military commissaries may open to DoD civilian employees
The Department of Defense's civilian employees could get another option for their grocery runs; their local commissary. Senators are suggesting that t...
Air Force and Space Force spouses to get help with the job search
A new pilot program will try to pair active-duty military spouses in the Air Force and Space Force with potential job leads. The Global Military Spous...
Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy
The Office of Naval Research is rolling out a new science and technology strategy that focuses the service on meeting its own unique needs, not keepin...
More National Park Service employees vote to unionize
More employees at the National Park Service have voted to unionize. About 650 employees in the agency’s Intermountain Region will now be represented b...
Senate Armed Services Committee releases NDAA details
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday released the details of a massive defense policy bill that authorizes $1.2 trillion in spending, in sup...
A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve
A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve. The Army commissioned three more senior technology leaders into its Executive I...
Lawmakers renew effort to offer paid family and medical leave to feds
Lawmakers are renewing an effort to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees. A bipartisan bill would give feds 12 weeks of paid leave...
Senate Democrats urge reversal of ruling threatening civil service protections
Senate Democrats are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a decision upholding the firings of two immigration judges at the Department of Justice...
Service members could see a 5% to 7% pay raise in 2027
House appropriators are backing the Trump administration's proposed pay raise for U.S. troops in fiscal 2027 as part of a $1.7 trillion defense spendi...
Lawmaker wants answers about proposed NDAs for feds
A House Democrat is demanding answers on the Trump administration’s proposed nondisclosure agreement for the federal workforce. In a letter to the Off...
House adds DoD name change to NDAA
Congress is one step closer to adopting a tougher name for the Department of Defense. An amendment added to the annual defense policy bill that passed...
Federal employees with disabilities sue DOJ over reasonable accommodations
Federal employees with disabilities are suing the Justice Department for denying their reasonable accommodations requests to telework. A new class act...
Federal telework temporarily returns to FIFA World Cup host cities
Agencies are getting a green light to temporarily lift federal telework restrictions during the FIFA World Cup. A new memo from the Office of Personne...
Social Security looks to fully transition to electronic payments
The Social Security Administration is looking to fully transition to electronic payments this year. President Donald Trump signed an executive order l...
May proves to be a good month for TSP funds
May was a good month for every fund in the Thrift Savings Plan. New data from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board shows all 16 accounts ret...
OPM to establish higher pay for certain national security employees
Agencies will soon be able to pay as much as $400,000 a year to certain employees with skillsets in the national security sector. President Donald Tru...
Lawmakers call on Agriculture Dept to restore employee childcare centers contract
Democrats are demanding that the Department of Agriculture secure new childcare options for federal employees. In April, USDA’s current childcare serv...
Federal employee union calls for telework return amid rising gas prices
Amid soaring gas prices, a union is urging the Trump administration to allow telework flexibilities for federal employees. The National Treasury Emplo...