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THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, (length about seven minutes), is a daily Monday through Friday, high-information compilation of nine 40-second news stories and news packages, generated by the non-partisan, non-political, private-sector team of reporters at Federal News Network. Federal News Radio Producer/Newscasters Eric White and Michele Sandiford assemble and read the stories on the THE FEDERAL DRIVE with TERRY GERTON, the weekday morning-drive program, heard from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) on the Federal News Network app (and website), on any smart speaker, and on WFED 1500 AM, a 50,000-watt 'Class A' powerhouse radio station in the nation's capital. The podcast...

White House looking to invest more in younger workforce in government

6 mins; March 15, 2024

Secret Service beginning preps to welcome soccer fans from all over the world

7 mins; March 14, 2024

Federal employee groups want to know why civilians can't get the same raise as military members this year

6 mins; March 13, 2024

White House wants Congress to give IRS back promised Inflation Reduction Act funds

6 mins; March 12, 2024

New instructions to help agencies to re-establish relationships with federal employee unions

6 mins; March 11, 2024

Marines become first military branch to ever pass financial audit

7 mins; March 08, 2024

DoD slated to receive over $18B for military construction initiatives

8 mins; March 07, 2024

New House bill specifies how agencies should use artificial intelligence

7 mins; March 06, 2024

VA finalizes new abortion rule for all states

6 mins; March 05, 2024

Lawmakers weekend effort delivers six funding bills, as government-shutdown-fuse burns slowly toward detonation

7 mins; March 04, 2024

DoD contractors slip the grip of new environmental regulations

7 mins; March 01, 2024

Agencies need to do more to train employees on workplace sexual harassment prevention, GAO says

7 mins; February 29, 2024

Thrift Savings Plan board prepares for government shutdown

7 mins; February 28, 2024

House VA Committee Chairman takes closer look at recent sexual harassment scandal

7 mins; February 27, 2024

Whistleblowers exposing fraud pocket over $350M

7 mins; February 26, 2024

Fraudster hacks federal auction website, buys truck for a dollar

6 mins; February 23, 2024

Top DoD intelligence official retiring

7 mins; February 22, 2024

NSA cyber official retiring

4 mins; February 21, 2024

Pentagon IG not impressed by effectiveness of DoD vendors' award fees

6 mins; February 20, 2024

Congresswoman blasts GSA for making Chinese-tech purchases

7 mins; February 16, 2024

Bloody syringes in VA hospital laundry bins, inject 'better staff training' into GAO recommendation

7 mins; February 15, 2024

Feds get details via video on how snow days determined

8 mins; February 14, 2024

NASA names new small business programs director

5 mins; February 13, 2024

Decade of pay stagnation continues for for VP, senior political appointees

6 mins; February 12, 2024

Oregon senator urges Biden to fire Social Security's IG

6 mins; February 09, 2024

Federal-watchdog impersonators make phone calls in 'money-laundering' scam

7 mins; February 08, 2024

Intelligence Community gets another new big-agency leader

7 mins; February 07, 2024

Gen. Timothy Haugh takes charge of the NSA, U.S. Cyber Command

7 mins; February 06, 2024

Biggest leak in agency history, gets ex-CIA officer 40-year prison sentence

6 mins; February 05, 2024

AFGE expresses fears about future telework cuts for Social Security employees

7 mins; February 02, 2024

Red Sea chaos jacks up relocation costs for feds around the world

9 mins; February 01, 2024

Social Security HQ employees ordered to increase in-person work starting April 7

6 mins; January 31, 2024

Former Acting IG gets 18-month prison term in software theft

6 mins; January 30, 2024

FDIC sex, work-culture scandals catch Sen. Joni Ernst's attention, ire

7 mins; January 29, 2024

White House awaits agency plans today on how to decrease telework

7 mins; January 26, 2024

Too many CRs will have catastrophic effects on DoD, Air Force official says

8 mins; January 25, 2024

Congressioinal repeal of Social Security's 'evil twins,' nears finish line

7 mins; January 24, 2024

Navy revamps its pregnancy policy

6 mins; January 23, 2024

False Claims Act fine, against Gen Digital, raised by $50 million

6 mins; January 22, 2024

Half-empty, half-full government-shutdown-can kicked down the road, again

6 mins; January 19, 2024

GSA's Polaris contract pulled back into protest vortex

7 mins; January 18, 2024

VA looks to reduce child-birth mortality rate for women veterans

7 mins; January 17, 2024

Senate committee continues its scrutiny of sexual harassment claims against VA DEI office

6 mins; January 16, 2024

Postmaster General DeJoy rejoices over new package-business customers

7 mins; January 12, 2024

Adm. Lisa Franchetti lays out plans for 'America’s Warfighting Navy'

7 mins; January 11, 2024

More Bureau of Prisons pay incentives get death penalty

7 mins; January 10, 2024

America's enemies could poison AI data, NIST warns

7 mins; January 09, 2024

TSP sends out info on recalculated life expectancy numbers

6 mins; January 08, 2024

Full-year CR could mean big cuts to agency discretionary budgets

7 mins; January 05, 2024

White House seeks new tech exec

8 mins; January 04, 2024

Key tech, cyber official leaves OMB for GSA

7 mins; January 03, 2024

New year, new rules for GSA contracting officers

7 mins; January 02, 2024

Thousands of vendors fail to comply with ban on Chinese telecommunications equipment

5 mins; December 29, 2023

Thousands of federal dollars in retention bonuses, are not retained in 2024

7 mins; December 28, 2023

OPM proposes new pay rules for feds working above their paygrade

7 mins; December 27, 2023

Sen. Rand Paul's Festivus Report 'waste shames' specific government spending

7 mins; December 26, 2023

IG criticizes IRS effort to enforce TikTok ban

6 mins; December 22, 2023

Years flying at warp speed, lands SPACECOM as fully operational on 4th anniversary

7 mins; December 21, 2023

Seven federal agencies banding together to form the Biden Administration's "Climate Corps”

5 mins; December 20, 2023

DoD IG blames systemic flaws for potential overprescribing of opioids

6 mins; December 19, 2023

Manufacturer of bug-repellent combat uniforms, stung with Justice Dept charges

7 mins; December 18, 2023

Bipartisan bill aims to increase annual salary from $195K to $280K for VA radiation specialists

7 mins; December 15, 2023

Senate bill would fire feds convicted of sexual assault

8 mins; December 14, 2023

As plans for a new FBI HQ chug along, the old building falls apart

7 mins; December 13, 2023

DARPA kicks off its 10-year plan to create a 'thriving lunar economy'

7 mins; December 12, 2023

Money for DoD's Armed Forces Retirement Homes running out, GAO says

7 mins; December 11, 2023

Blindsided by pay problems, certain VA medical employees might be allowed union help

6 mins; December 08, 2023

VA failing to detect drug felons during hiring process, GAO says

8 mins; December 07, 2023

GAO blames staffing shortages for agencies' failures to battle cyber attacks

6 mins; December 06, 2023

Month after defeat, Virginia lawmakers still fighting to land FBI HQ

6 mins; December 05, 2023

Senators want to scrap TSA's use of facial recognition

7 mins; December 04, 2023

Joint Chiefs Chairman warns against year-long CR

6 mins; December 01, 2023

VA surpasses goal to permanently find shelter for homeless veterans

7 mins; November 30, 2023

Labor Dept employees will be greeted by 2024 with less telework

6 mins; November 29, 2023

Stamp prices increase for fifth time in three years

6 mins; November 28, 2023

Pentagon leaders call hold on military officers' confirmations 'problematic'

6 mins; November 27, 2023

To stay employed, military spouses continue to battle their highly-mobile lifestyles

6 mins; November 22, 2023

New bill aims to raise pay of blue-collar federal employees

6 mins; November 21, 2023

Senate panel takes big step to help end hold on nearly 370 military nominations

6 mins; November 20, 2023

Over 33,000 federal employees will see additional raises in fiscal 2024

6 mins; November 17, 2023

GSA sees record spending through its contracts for IT products, services

6 mins; November 16, 2023

Fort McNair Army civilian guilty of abusing his GSA gas card

8 mins; November 15, 2023

DoD official, connected to dogfighting ring, replaced

7 mins; November 14, 2023

OPM website is your snow-day indicator

7 mins; November 13, 2023

Bain Capital pays $5.3B to acquire consulting firm Guidehouse

6 mins; November 09, 2023

TSP millionaires nearing 100K

7 mins; November 08, 2023

Data brokers selling veterans' sensitive health, financial data online, study shows

7 mins; November 07, 2023

CIO Council delivers new guide for managing cloud services

8 mins; November 06, 2023

Senate confirms first woman to serve on Joint Chiefs of Staff

7 mins; November 03, 2023

Senate takes a big step to avoid a government shutdown

6 mins; November 02, 2023

SEC suing SolarWinds and CISO over Russian hack

6 mins; November 01, 2023

Marine Corps Commandant suffers serious health episode

7 mins; October 31, 2023

Furlough warning from Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairman

8 mins; October 30, 2023

State Dept and USAID psychiatrists spread thin, as demand for mental health services overseas rises

7 mins; October 27, 2023

Bill would make non-feds, who work at tribally controlled schools, TSP eligible

8 mins; October 26, 2023

TSP participants can now make unlimited checks into loan applications, at any time

7 mins; October 25, 2023

GSA plans for new service to make paying travel expenses easier for feds

8 mins; October 24, 2023

IRS crackdown on wealthy tax cheats brings in millions of dollars, in early stages

6 mins; October 23, 2023

Federal contracting dollars for women-owned small business remain below 5%

7 mins; October 20, 2023

Senate bill would improve death benefits for civilian feds

7 mins; October 19, 2023

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