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- Congressman wants federal bonuses publishedIn today’s Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) says the public should be able to see how much federal employees earn from performance bonuses.
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5 min - Lawmakers concerned with OPM’s lack of IT upgradesIn today’s Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, three years after the Office of Personnel’s data breach, members of the House Oversight Committee say the agency still hasn’t done much to modernize its IT.
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5 min - Bipartisan bill calls for giving 'non-critical sensitive' defense workers due processIn today's Federal Newscast, three lawmakers want legislation to overturn a 2013 court decision which prevents some defense department employees from appealing to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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5 min - Another potential buyer for CSRAIn today’s Federal Newscast, CACI International makes an offer to buy IT contractor CSRA after it had already agreed to a deal with General Dynamics.
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4 min - Hackers successfully steal hundreds of government credit card numbersIn today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department says malicious hackers managed to steal the credit card numbers of several hundred people who’d been issued government travel cards.
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5 min - Sen. Bernie Sanders takes aim at ‘excessive defense contractor compensation’In today’s Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to know what Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing to address Pentagon waste and high contractor pay.
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6 min - Trump’s pick to take over CIA faces powerful skeptic in the SenateIn today’s Federal Newscast on Federal News Radio, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) says Gina Haspell will have to explain her involvement in the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program before he’ll vote for her confirmation.
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5 min - Acting IG’s can be just as effective as permanent leadersIn today’s Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office polled nine acting inspectors general and their staffs to find out how operations are effected by not having a permanent IG in place.
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5 min - Agencies team up to destroy asteroid potentially heading for EarthIn today’s Federal Newscast, three agencies are working on a spacecraft that could destroy an asteroid with a nuclear weapon.
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4 min - Tighter quarters could be coming to your agencyIn today’s Federal Newscast, 24 agencies plan to consolidate their office space in the coming years according to the Government Accountability Office.
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About Federal Newscast
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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 is most popular with FNN's audience of highly educated listeners, who conveniently access THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, 24/7, on any podcast platform . Listen to it (as just mentioned) or read the stories each weekday morning at FederalNewsNetwork.com, where the news items contain hyperlinks for those who want more information on a given story.
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