Management

What happens to federal health insurance if the government shuts down?

Workers need to be prepared to pay bills now covered by their insurance during a shutodwn.

Biden beefs up government worker safeguards as Republicans bash feds

Effort includes clarifications that federal employees can’t lose certain civil service protections unless they give them up voluntarily.

AUKUS agreement requires submarine production boost, Franchetti says

She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain.

VA won’t restart health records overhaul until next summer, if at all

Multiple House lawmakers expressed doubt that the expensive vets records project can be saved.

Senators clash with US prisons chief over problem-plagued agency

Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.

White House hopeful Ramaswamy seeks ‘mass layoffs’ of federal workers

He has targeted the FBI, Department of Education and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as some agencies to shutter.

Mitt Romney to retire, make way for a ‘new generation of leaders’

Romney in 2020 became the first senator in U.S. history to vote to convict a president from their own party in an impeachment trial.

Opinions

How to protect critical infrastructure and ensure mission readiness

Organizations – especially critical infrastructure organizations – are under siege in cyberspace daily.

Federal Long Term Care insurance premiums to increase in 2024

It’s not the first time rates have increased under the program, which for several years has been the subject of Congressional inquiry.

McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry

The Republican leader is once again at a political crossroads — trying to keep his most conservative lawmakers satisfied and prevent his own ouster.