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US judge strikes down Biden climate damage cost estimate
U.S. District Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana sided with Republican attorneys general from energy producing states who said the administration’s action to raise the cost estimate of carbon emissions threatened to drive up energy costs while decreasing state revenues from energy production.
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Is Presidents Day a federal holiday?
Every year, federal workers ask if Presidents Day—which in 2022 falls on Monday, February 21—will be a holiday. Here’s the answer.
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Bigger bonuses, more child care aid for VA employees under new workforce plan
VA Secretary Denis McDonough outlined the changes in a department-wide speech on Wednesday.
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New White House report promotes collective bargaining for federal employees
The Office of Personnel Management has taken several actions over the last year that it claims have helped reset labor-management relations in the executive branch.
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Fewer veterans were in homeless shelters last year. Was COVID the reason?
Federal officials saw a 10 percent decrease in sheltered homeless veterans in January 2021.
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White House pushing to get more veterans into the trucking industry
Officials met with veterans groups last week to tout job training programs to put veterans behind the wheel for moving freight.
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VA needs more money to keep pace with veterans’ needs, advisory group warns
The Independent Budget for fiscal 2023 calls for a hefty increase in department program spending over current levels.
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EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles
In a sharply worded letter, the EPA says the Postal Service plan to make 10% of its next-generation fleet electric “underestimates greenhouse gas emissions, fails to consider more environmentally protective feasible alternatives and inadequately considers impacts on communities with environmental justice concerns.”
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Biden steps up fight against ‘iron pipeline’ of illegal guns
But his modest announcements — expanding on initiatives already underway and offering suggestions for localities on how to spend federal dollars — demonstrate the limits to what he can do when there is no appetite in Congress to pass gun legislation.
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$400M VA program to help COVID-unemployed vets has produced few new jobs
VA’s rapid retraining program has helped just a small fraction of the veterans that officials expected.
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US judge strikes down Biden climate damage cost estimate
U.S. District Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana sided with Republican attorneys general from energy producing states who said the administration’s action to raise the cost estimate of carbon emissions threatened to drive up energy costs while decreasing state revenues from energy production.
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Is Presidents Day a federal holiday?
Every year, federal workers ask if Presidents Day—which in 2022 falls on Monday, February 21—will be a holiday. Here’s the answer.
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Bigger bonuses, more child care aid for VA employees under new workforce plan
VA Secretary Denis McDonough outlined the changes in a department-wide speech on Wednesday.
-
New White House report promotes collective bargaining for federal employees
The Office of Personnel Management has taken several actions over the last year that it claims have helped reset labor-management relations in the executive branch.
-
Fewer veterans were in homeless shelters last year. Was COVID the reason?
Federal officials saw a 10 percent decrease in sheltered homeless veterans in January 2021.
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White House pushing to get more veterans into the trucking industry
Officials met with veterans groups last week to tout job training programs to put veterans behind the wheel for moving freight.
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VA needs more money to keep pace with veterans’ needs, advisory group warns
The Independent Budget for fiscal 2023 calls for a hefty increase in department program spending over current levels.
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EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles
In a sharply worded letter, the EPA says the Postal Service plan to make 10% of its next-generation fleet electric “underestimates greenhouse gas emissions, fails to consider more environmentally protective feasible alternatives and inadequately considers impacts on communities with environmental justice concerns.”
-
Biden steps up fight against ‘iron pipeline’ of illegal guns
But his modest announcements — expanding on initiatives already underway and offering suggestions for localities on how to spend federal dollars — demonstrate the limits to what he can do when there is no appetite in Congress to pass gun legislation.
-
$400M VA program to help COVID-unemployed vets has produced few new jobs
VA’s rapid retraining program has helped just a small fraction of the veterans that officials expected.
-
US judge strikes down Biden climate damage cost estimate
U.S. District Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana sided with Republican attorneys general from energy producing states who said the administration’s action to raise the cost estimate of carbon emissions threatened to drive up energy costs while decreasing state revenues from energy production.
-
Is Presidents Day a federal holiday?
Every year, federal workers ask if Presidents Day—which in 2022 falls on Monday, February 21—will be a holiday. Here’s the answer.
-
Bigger bonuses, more child care aid for VA employees under new workforce plan
VA Secretary Denis McDonough outlined the changes in a department-wide speech on Wednesday.
-
New White House report promotes collective bargaining for federal employees
The Office of Personnel Management has taken several actions over the last year that it claims have helped reset labor-management relations in the executive branch.
-
Fewer veterans were in homeless shelters last year. Was COVID the reason?
Federal officials saw a 10 percent decrease in sheltered homeless veterans in January 2021.
-
White House pushing to get more veterans into the trucking industry
Officials met with veterans groups last week to tout job training programs to put veterans behind the wheel for moving freight.
-
VA needs more money to keep pace with veterans’ needs, advisory group warns
The Independent Budget for fiscal 2023 calls for a hefty increase in department program spending over current levels.
-
EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles
In a sharply worded letter, the EPA says the Postal Service plan to make 10% of its next-generation fleet electric “underestimates greenhouse gas emissions, fails to consider more environmentally protective feasible alternatives and inadequately considers impacts on communities with environmental justice concerns.”
-
Biden steps up fight against ‘iron pipeline’ of illegal guns
But his modest announcements — expanding on initiatives already underway and offering suggestions for localities on how to spend federal dollars — demonstrate the limits to what he can do when there is no appetite in Congress to pass gun legislation.
-
$400M VA program to help COVID-unemployed vets has produced few new jobs
VA’s rapid retraining program has helped just a small fraction of the veterans that officials expected.
