John Sarbanes

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GOP bill to return feds to the office clears the House

The House is planning a floor vote for the SHOW UP Act, a Republican-led bill that would return the federal workforce to pre-pandemic office arrangements.

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Congress

House Republicans introduce bill to return federal employees to the office

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Amelia Brust, Federal News Networktelework, work from home, home office, federal employees

How Congress is forcing agencies to confront telework, and those public service student loans

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The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin its historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 51-year-old federal judge would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

You haven’t even taken summer vacation yet and already a continuing resolution is on the horizon

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Gerry Connolly

House committee pushes forward on encouraging federal telework expansion

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(Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)A voter stands on a social distance marker outside the Washington County Election Center in Hagerstown, Md., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, for the first day of in-person early voting. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

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New SSA telework policies prompt criticism from employees, lawmakers

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pay raise

Lawmakers begin the push for a 3.5% federal pay raise in 2021

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

DMV lawmakers ask about pay raise…again

In today’s Federal Newscast, several DC area members of Congress want to know if it’s realistic for federal employees to expect more money in their next…

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D.C.-area lawmakers urge colleagues to raise awareness of nationwide shutdown impact

House Democrats in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia said they’re reminding their colleagues during the government shutdown: most federal…

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Steny Hoyer

DC area Democrats urge congressional leaders to take up Senate’s federal pay raise

A coalition of House Democrats from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are calling on congressional leadership to change course on the president’s proposed federal pay freeze.

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