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Federal Government Awards Three Contracts for 65 New Miles of Border Fencing in South Texas
The cost of the new fencing will range between $385 million and $800 million. Construction is set to begin in early 2020.
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Allies Defend Kurt Volker, Diplomat Caught Up in Ukrainegate
Former officials say that the characterization of Volker that has emerged in some press reports is untrue.
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Repealing the Clean Water Rule will Swamp the Trump Administration in Wetland Litigation
Importantly, EPA does not dispute any findings of the peer-reviewed scientific studies that the Obama administration cited to support its approach.
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Viewpoint: How a Broken Pay System Forced Postal Supervisors to Take USPS to Court
The U.S. Postal Service has a serious middle management problem.
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Play of the Day: More on a Potential Impeachment
The Democrats want to impeach Trump and the news keeps coming.
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President Trump Signs Stopgap Spending Measure, Keeping Agencies Open for 7 Weeks
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that passing the continuing resolution was the easy part; setting line by line funding will be far more difficult.
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Here’s How a USDA Science Agency’s Relocation Will Reduce Its Productivity
Most Economic Research Service mandatory reports will go out on time, albeit with less information, but other reports will be delayed or discontinued, internal memo says.
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How We Can Avoid Escalating Arguments
When we get escalate arguments, it's not usually based on strategy. Here's how slowing down can help us avoid making conflicts worse.
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U.S. to Remain in International Postal Agency After Securing More Favorable Deal for American Mailers
The Trump administration had said it would withdraw from UN body with roots in 145-year-old treaty.
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OPM Calls on Agencies to Streamline Federal Firing
Agencies have until March 2020 to eliminate “unnecessary barriers to addressing poor performance,” and even stricter rules are likely on the way.
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Senate’s Election Security Funding Bill Leaves a Key Agency Strapped for Cash
The Election Assistance Commission has struggled with insufficient staff and resources.
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Senate Confirms Scalia to Be Labor Secretary
The Senate voted along party lines in support of the former Labor Department solicitor under President George W. Bush.
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Senate Sends Trump Seven-Week Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown
The president is expected to sign the stopgap measure and avoid an appropriations lapse, but a funding fight still looms.
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Viewpoint: Federal Officials Should Be Accountable for Their Wrongdoing
And judges need to be the ones to make them pay.
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Creating a Critical Mass of Talent and Resources
There are people at all levels of government experienced in using behavioral science to improve program effectiveness. Officials need to seek them out.
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Appeals Court Declines to Rehear Case Against Trump's Workforce Executive Orders
The decision marks a major blow to federal employee unions, which must now wait for agencies to implement three controversial executive orders and then challenge them before the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
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Hundreds of CBP Officers Returned to Port Duty after Assisting U.S. Border Patrol
In late March, more than 700 officers from ports of entry in El Paso; Laredo; Tucson, Arizona; and San Diego were reassigned amid the growing number of migrants arriving at the country’s southern border.
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Labor Groups and Lawmakers Vow to Fight 'All-out Assault' on Unions and Federal Employee Rights
Hundreds of federal workers rallied on Capitol Hill to protest the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back employee benefits and protections.
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Challenges to ‘Public Charge’ Rule Mount as Migrants Prepare for Change
Immigrants hope legal challenges will prevail but continue to prepare for October 15, when the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule changes take effect.
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