Federal Newscast

In today's Federal Newscast, a former IT manager with the Commerce Department has to pay a hefty fine and do some jail time for steering contracts to an acquaintance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking creates a list of ways using data sharing can help the government. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, reports indicate the buyouts the Trump administration offered to many employees are starting to take effect. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the security contractor TigerSwan says a former recruiting vendor accidentally made thousands of its resume files publicly available. They included personal information of thousands of former servicemembers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, Congress is set to take on some important issues this week including Hurricane Harvey relief, the debt ceiling, and passing a fiscal 2018 budget. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office to come up with better protections for victims of cyber attacks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, using lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department has formed a task force to go after those looking to take advantage of Hurricane Harvey survivors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) is introducing an amendment into an agency funding bill to prohibit the Secret Service from giving any money businesses owned by the President or his family. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, after President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to end military recruitment of transgender personnel, Defense Secretary James Mattis has laid out how he plans to go about implementing it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, after a request from Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General is looking into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's many trips back and forth to Oklahoma. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the Air Force makes a series of adjustments with the goal of putting a dent in its pilot shortage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, after being asked to review 27 nationally designated monuments, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke presents his ideas to the President. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, a new mobile app provides insight for federal employees when facing dilemmas in government ethics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin has been relieved of command after a series of at-sea incidents including the most recent collision involving the USS John S. McCain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, after the second crash in two months, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson calls for an "operational pause." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, two senators are questioning how the Trump administration hired non-confirmed political appointees at the EPA and the Council on Environmental Quality. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General conducts an audit to see how well DOJ is handling the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, new numbers the General Services Administration's Digital Analysis Program shows an increasing amount of users accessing government websites from their mobile devices. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, Navy Commander Bobby Pitts admits to helping Glen Defense Marine Asia CEO Leonard Francis during the investigation into the defense contractor. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, a Homeland Security Department Inspector General report says Customs and Border Protection was conducting lie detector tests on job candidates who were already disqualified. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office reiterates its earlier findings that discretionary spending will not bust established budget caps this fiscal year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, a new Government Accountability Office report attempted to see if the 136 military bands are completing their objectives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, after firing the director of the VA's D.C. Medical Center, the agency is forced to reinstate him while the case is being reviewed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, minority members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee send letters to the heads of all agencies, asking what products or services they have purchased from companies associated with or owned by President Donald Trump. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management sets up a new online course to help HR workers understand their options for improving agency recruitment and retainment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .