Scott Pruitt

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

In today’s Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights…

Federal Newscast

In this May 18, 2017, photo, Nathan Singletary, 67, a social worker for 40 years, fills out paperwork at the AARP Foundation in Harrisburg, Pa. Singletary is beyond the traditional retirement age, but he’s only just beginning a new career - helping other low-income, unemployed Americans over age 55 find jobs. Singletary got his job through the half-century-old Senior Community Service Employment Program, a training and placement program underwritten by taxpayers aimed at putting older Americans back into the workforce. (AP Photo/Laurie Kellman)

NTEU says bar set too high in proving age discrimination

Federal Newscast

How one agency cut over $4.5B in improper payments

Federal Newscast

Trump says will name EPA’s acting chief to post permanently

People

Wheeler memo: EPA won’t tolerate ‘retaliation’ against whistleblowers

Workforce

Under Pruitt, EPA comms staff dismissed employees’ complaints as ‘faux outrage’

Agency Oversight

WATCH: EPA’s new chief tries to reassure staff while sticking to administration’s goals

People

FILE - In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, the Food & Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration said they are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful painkillers due to risks of slowed breathing and death. The FDA said it is requiring makers of prescription versions of the medicines, codeine and tramadol, to change the products' labels to warn against giving them to children under age 12, and to limit use in older children. The FDA also said breastfeeding women shouldn't take them because of possible harm to the baby. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA having trouble retaining supervisors and managers

Federal Newscast

As Pruitt resigns, Rep. Cummings raises further ethical inquiries

Following word of Scott Pruitt’s resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) released new details…

Agency Oversight

A Kaspersky employee shuffles tokens around a table-top display at the company's stand at a cybersecurity conference in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Kaspersky on Wednesday confirmed that a senior manager at the firm had been arrested in Moscow. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Contracting officers must now put language prohibiting Kaspersky products and services in solicitations

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council creates a new rule to enforce the Homeland Security Department’s ban on Kaspersky…

Federal Newscast

EPA buyout funds in House bill could lead to 1,000 employees leaving, union says

Workforce

The Environmental Protection Agency, already at its lowest staffing level since the Reagan administration, could see another round of buyouts and early retirements next fiscal year.

Scott Pruitt

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

NTEU says bar set too high in proving age discrimination

How one agency cut over $4.5B in improper payments

Trump says will name EPA’s acting chief to post permanently

DoD pushes back deadline for JEDI proposals

EPA disputes IG report questioning Pruitt’s 24/7 security while administrator

Senate Democrats target wasteful spending by political appointees

Wheeler memo: EPA won’t tolerate ‘retaliation’ against whistleblowers

Under Pruitt, EPA comms staff dismissed employees’ complaints as ‘faux outrage’

WATCH: EPA’s new chief tries to reassure staff while sticking to administration’s goals

FDA having trouble retaining supervisors and managers

As Pruitt resigns, Rep. Cummings raises further ethical inquiries

Contracting officers must now put language prohibiting Kaspersky products and services in solicitations

EPA buyout funds in House bill could lead to 1,000 employees leaving, union says