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The Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories Federal News Radio Producer Eric White reads on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Listen to the newscast or read the stories each weekd...

The Trump administration's overhaul of federal employees' performance management won’t apply to political appointees. A memo from the Office...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to expand both financial and non-monetary incentives to help the Air Force retain pilots and othe...

The Army is changing when soldiers can request voluntary retirement. Under the new policy, soldiers can submit voluntary retirement requests...

Twelve companies have been selected by the Space Force to develop a space-based interceptor system for President Trump’s Golden Dome missile...

House lawmakers are looking to beef up protections against fraud risks across government. A new bipartisan bill would create a standardized...

The Coast Guard is partially reopening the National Maritime Center. In a notice this week, the Coast Guard said NMC civilian staff have ret...

House Republicans are proposing a billion-dollar cut to IRS funding next year. A fiscal 2027 spending bill introduced by members of the Hous...

A new House bill would establish a permanent Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability and Recovery. The Fraud Prevention and Accountabili...

The number of so-called “TSP millionaires” is trending downward. As of April 1, there were about 185,000 Thrift Savings Plan participants wi...

The Space Force has laid out a vision for how it plans to operate in space over the next 15 years. In two highly anticipated documents, serv...

A federal union is raising alarms about the Trump administration’s planned reorganization of the Forest Service. The National Federation of...

Today is the deadline for the tax filing season. But the IRS is giving more help to those who filed an extension. The IRS will have special...

The Department of the Air Force, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit, has selected two bases as potential sites for nuclear micr...

Federal unions are advocating for pay raise parity between civilian and military members next year. They say not providing federal employees...

The Defense Department is expanding hiring flexibilities in an effort to reduce the persistently high unemployment rate among military spous...

During March, OPM received close to 15,000 incoming retirement applications, but processed over 22,000. See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

Agencies say Iranian-linked hackers are targeting critical industries like the U.S. energy and water sectors. See Privacy Policy at https://...

The Space Force budget would see a major increase under President Donald Trump’s massive $1.5 trillion defense proposal. The White House is...

Despite the decline, 472 service members died by suicide last year, continuing a yearslong trend of increasing suicide rates among active du...

The Social Security Administration's rollout of new systems for scheduling appointments and managing its caseload nationwide is on hold for...

The bad month for the TSP also means 12 of 16 funds are in the red for 2026. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

The Trump administration has opened applications for the next class of White House Fellows. Those selected for the fellowship program will s...

The Army has selected two companies to build massive data centers at Fort Bliss in Texas and at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The deal foll...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are seeking to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that limits stock buybacks and executive pay...

In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has upheld the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate federal...

In today's Federal Newscast, the Army is changing the requirements for cybersecurity and privacy training. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats are expanding their investigation into how the Defense Department is using artificial intellig...

In today's Federal Newscast, the vast majority federal agencies are facing major human capital challenges. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want to make sure the Department of Homeland Security holds onto the records from outgoing officials....

In today's Federal Newscast, a Democratic lawmaker seeks to put guardrails around the Pentagon’s use of artificial intelligence in military...

The Army is officially tightening rules around its popular education programs. The service is eliminating Credentialing Assistance for commi...

Attorneys argue against the judge giving Anthropic a preliminary injunction that would put the federal supply chain risk determination on ho...

The Defense Department is blowing through initial estimates of what its Golden Dome initiative would cost. General Michael Guetlein, Golden...

A government watchdog says the IRS doesn’t yet have a plan to reduce its backlog of taxpayer correspondence. The Government Accountability O...

A new bill seeks to exempt National Guard and Reserve drill pay from federal income taxes. The No Tax on Drill Pay Act would eliminate taxes...

A top committee Democrat wants more information on DOGE’s activities at the Social Security Administration. Ranking Member Gary Peters on th...

President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security will get his day in the Senate next week. The Homeland Securit...

As the Trump administration presses forward with efforts to reduce government, a watchdog has found that there is not a comprehensive list o...

President Trump formally transmitted Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to be Homeland Security Secretary to the Senate yesterday. Last week, Tru...

Federal employees’ retirement applications are continuing to flood the Office of Personnel Management. In February, another 31,000 retiremen...

A plan to limit when federal employees can cancel their union du es if officially off the table. The Federal Labor Relations Authority is re...

OpenAI and the Defense Department have adjusted the deal they made just days ago for use of the company’s artificial intelligence tools in c...

A new bill would prevent federal retirees who survived domestic violence from needing to share personal details with their abusers during th...

Federal employees saw only small growth in most of their retirement accounts in February. All but one of the funds in the Thrift Savings Pla...

Tens of thousands of employees have been working unpaid through the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. But thousands of others across...

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is blocking the Trump administration’s nominee to lead both U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency...

While nearly all major federal agencies saw staffing declines in the first half of 2025, the size of those separations varied. NASA’s workfo...

The nation’s highest court is adopting new technology to prevent conflicts of interest. The Supreme Court says it is now using newly develop...

A new director with both military command and education experience will take over Defense Department schools beginning next month. Paul Craf...

The Treasury Department is highlighting best practices for using artificial intelligence within the financial sector. They include an artifi...