Congress

Lawmakers push skills-based hiring for federal contractors

The bipartisan ACCESS Act, if enacted, would remove college degree requirements from jobs in the federal contracting space.

Hiring/Retention

New Congressional task force looks to make sure it’s not left behind by AI advancements

Artificial Intelligence

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Passing 2025 defense spending bill will be ‘particularly difficult’

Defense

FILE - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Oct. 19, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A major effort to overhaul care for Americans with mental health and drug problems is gaining traction in Washington as Congress and the Biden administration work on overlapping plans to address concerns that cut across political dividing lines. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Oregon Senator fed up with data breaches, blasts Big Tech, demands mandatory standards

Federal Newscast

Feds in fatigues, too fatigued to properly do their jobs, GAO says

Federal Newscast

There’s a lot to do, as Congress returns

Congress

Dysfunction in Congress spoils the work life of congressional staff

Congress

Some lawmakers offer more teeth to Biden’s Schedule F takedown

Federal Newscast

Congressional staff, Congress, minibus, funding, budget

Understatement: Congress doesn’t function properly

Federal Report

First Look

Senate bill aims to set more federal telework reporting requirements

Congress

Small Business Administration (SBA) building

GOP lawmakers pan SBA return-to-office plans as ‘extremely minimal’

Federal Report

What Congress will face when it returns from Easter recess

Congress is out on recess now. Still they have got issues to deal with, including some “local” ones, like how to fund the a replacement bridge in Baltimore.

Congress

New rules take effect for agencies buying from AbilityOne contractors

New rules have taken effect for procurement from AbilityOne contractors. Those are the companies, mostly non-profits, whose employees have disabilities.

Contracting

Rachel Shonfield and Lashea Williams at FAIR Act rally

Lawmakers call telework protest ‘hypocritical’

Federal Newscast

Labor Department employees in Boston showing support for telework, get blasted by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).