President Donald Trump has signed a temporary government-wide funding bill into law, averting a federal shutdown at midnight and buying Congress time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 aid
The incoming Biden administration is well underway in selecting the president-elect's picks to run federal agencies. But with COVID-19 and Donald Trump's reluctance to concede hovering in the background, this presidential transition is playing out unlike any before it. See all the updates we've collected on secretary nominations, policy plans and more as the information becomes available.
With some details, Todd Harrison, senior fellow and director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, introduced new legislation designed to help incoming administrations better track “midnight regulations” issued in the final days of the previous one.
USPS and Customs and Border Protection officials expect only about two-thirds of international packages will include advanced electronic data meant to flag illegal shipments of opioids.
Each of the military services are embarking on their own zero trust journey, and that includes the Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC).
The Department of Veterans Affairs ordered 73,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and is preparing to distribute them whenever the Food and Drug Administration grants emergency-use authorization. But VA’s top healthcare leader said the amount isn’t “adequate” to reach its employees and veterans, especially those in remote locations.
An investigative report by the Veteran Affairs Department’s internal watchdog has taken a look at what VA Secretary Robert Wilkie did when he was confronted with a sexual assault allegation at the flagship medical center in the nation’s capital
Much of the federal workforce has been teleworking on a semi-regular basis since mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest. With 2020 coming to a close, it’s time to take stock of the last nine months and look forward to the next year.
