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Congress will let federal employees carry over more annual leave into 2021

The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act will allow federal employees to carry over more vacation time into next year. It also corrects past legislative…

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Annual leave carryover, new anti-discrimination safeguards for feds in House NDAA

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Elijah Cummings

Cummings remembered as ‘true champion’ for federal workforce

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Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., gives opening remarks before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick OsinoCommandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller addresses Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 25, 2017. Neller and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, sergeant major of the Marine Corps stopped by NAS Sigonella to spend time with SPMAGTF-CR-AF service members during the holidays. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Patrick Osino) www.dvids.hub.net

GAO says some Marine commands spent too much or too little on civilian employees

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Proposed law would empower FTC to end addictive practices in social media

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OPM IT outage sparks Trump administration’s efforts to again make case for GSA merger

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U.S. troops gather on the USS Wasp where U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver Memorial Day remarks to the troops, at the U.S. Military Base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 28, 2019.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Senate passes NDAA, includes pay raise for troops

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Senate passes its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a 3.1% pay raise for active duty military.

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TransDigm agrees to reimburse Pentagon following allegations of price gouging

The company previously indicated an unwillingness to issue the refunds, saying that doing so could amount to an admission of wrongdoing.

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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Workforce roundup: New religious time off authority, a short-term fix for MSPB

Federal employees have a new flexibility to earn time off for religious reasons, while Congress considers a partial solution to resolve a shortcoming at the member-less Merit Systems Protection Board.

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