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Congressmen want to know what agencies are doing to ensure clean water across America

November 22, 2022 know, doing, Agencies, 'clean', water, Across, Ensure, Congressmen, America, want0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Two House Democrats are asking questions about agency efforts to ensure clean and safe drinking water across the country. Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said the Department of Homeland Security and the Environmental Protection Agency are crucial to overseeing water and wastewater utilities. Now, they’re asking for a Government Accountability Office review of how DHS and EPA prioritize funding for utilities that are…

OPM clarifies how agencies can help feds apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver by Oct. 31 deadline

October 25, 2022 Agencies, Feds, apply, Forgiveness, clarifies, Public, Oct., Deadline, Help, Service, loan, Waiver0 comment

With a fast-approaching deadline to apply for a Public Service Loan Forgiveness limited-time waiver, the Office of Personnel Management said agencies should help federal employees with their applications. If they have the documentation available, agencies can certify a current employee’s entire work history, including that individual’s time working previously at other agencies. “The federal employee should present a separate PSLF form for each federal agency and period of employment for which they are seeking certification and the agency official should certify each form as appropriate,” OPM wrote in an Oct.…

Two agencies point the finger when it comes to keeping track of tech spending

May 30, 2022 finger, Agencies, comes, keeping, Tech, spending, Track, point0 comment

To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-newstalk?showAllEpisodes=true”>PodcastOne</a> or <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-newscast/id1053077930?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a>. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. <ul> <li>A bill requiring federal agencies to come up with a plan to recycle their electric vehicle batteries moves ahead in Congress. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approves the <a href=”https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-joins-colleagues-in-introducing-bipartisan-bill-to-ensure-appropriate-use-and-recycling-of-federal-electric-vehicle-batteries/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Strategic EV Management Act</a>. The bill requires the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget to come up with a plan…

Agencies may need to change to adapt to post-COVID workplaces

May 18, 2022 need, Change, Agencies, Adapt, postCOVID, workplaces0 comment

To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-newstalk?showAllEpisodes=true”>PodcastOne</a> or <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-newscast/id1053077930?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a>. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. <ul> <li>The Small Business Administration is coming under fire for how it has managed a key loan program to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=”https://republicans-smallbusiness.house.gov/uploadedfiles/5-17-22_-_letter_on_closing_of_eidl_to_sba_for_distribution.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Seventeen Republican lawmakers</a> wrote to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman seeking information about how the agency managed the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. The lawmakers say administrative missteps continued to…

New Senate bill instructs agencies to find creative ways to recycle electric car batteries

April 16, 2022 Bill, Find, Ways, electric, Agencies, instructs, creative, recycle, batteries, Senate0 comment

To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-newstalk?showAllEpisodes=true”>PodcastOne</a> or <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-newscast/id1053077930?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a>. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. <ul> <li>The Postal Service is in recovery, but more tough decisions lie ahead. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said USPS is on track to reverse its long-term financial challenges under its 10-year reform plan. The Postal Service Reform Act President Joe Biden recently signed into law is just the latest element of the plan to fall into place. USPS is…

18 More Federal Agencies Eye Making Vaccine Religious-Objector Lists

January 15, 2022 more, federal, Agencies, Making, Lists, Vaccine, ReligiousObjector0 comment

This week, we revealed that an obscure federal agency plans to keep lists of the “personal religious information” employees who had religious objections to the federal employee vaccine mandate. As it turns out, the little-known Pre-trial Services Agency for the District of Columbia isn’t the only federal agency involved. As we feared, a whole-of-government effort looks to be underway. A little digging at the Federal Register revealed that there are at least 19 total federal agencies—including five cabinet level agencies—that have created or proposed to create these tracking lists for…