People
TSP loan rules relaxed ahead of next shutdown deadline
A rule change allows furloughed feds and those working without pay to take out loans against their retirement during shutdowns.
Digital Government
Enzi wants answers on Census IT costs
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), head of the Senate Budget Committee, is worried about growing Census IT costs and staffing challenges.
People
White House announces new CIO
Roger L. Stone was announced as a top IT advisor to President Trump as part of a raft of personnel announcements on Feb. 2.
Acquisition
Final census test to include citizenship question
The Census Bureau is including a controversial question about respondent citizenship on its final test, while courts decide its ultimate fate.
People
Judge cautions White House over shutdown recalls
A U.S. District judge said that planned recalls of feds during shutdowns for activities not directly related to protecting life or property could violate the Antideficiency Act.
People
House votes for 2.6 percent federal pay raise
In the first week back from the longest shutdown in American history, Congress is moving to challenge the administration's civilian pay freeze.
Acquisition
Connolly: Federal IT won't get lost in House Oversight
While the House Committee on Oversight and Reform plans hard hitting probes of the Trump administration, the panel isn't abandoning tech and federal IT priorities.
People
OPM warns that back pay could be wonky
The Office of Personnel Management is directing agencies to pay employees impacted by the partial shutdown as soon as possible, but warns that the initial payroll could require some corrections after the fact.
Cybersecurity
Feds, union chief arrested protesting shutdown on Capitol Hill
While lawmakers and the White House traded barbs and remained deadlocked, protesting feds and supporters flooded a Senate office building.
People
Second month of furlough brings changes for workforce
Federal agencies shuttered due to the shutdown sent out a second round of furlough notices in recent days, while the Office of Personnel Management updated guidance regarding leave accrual, retirement benefits and health care enrollment.
Modernization
TMF gets $25 million in newest House funding bill
The latest appropriations package being proposed by House Democrats includes funding for the Technology Modernization Fund created by the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
People
Feds protest shutdown and Senate GOP at Nats Park
Frustration among rank-and-file federal employees is mounting as the shutdown stretches on with no end in sight.
People
House Dems put spotlight on Census prep
Following the court ruling invalidating the citizenship question on the 2020 census, House Democrats want to ensure the Census Bureau can handle the preparations required in advance of the national count.
Digital Government
Judge blocks citizenship question from 2020 census
The administration can appeal the ruling, and an already-pressed testing process for Census Bureau systems must adjust yet again.
People
Judge denies injunction in shutdown case
A federal judge denied an injunction in a union lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the practice of requiring some feds to work without pay during a shutdown. An injunction could have required feds currently deemed essential or excepted to be sent home.
People
Lawsuit could send unpaid feds home during shutdown
A lawsuit filed by the National Treasury Employees Union challenging the constitutionality of not paying federal employees during a lapse in appropriations could result in sending home feds unpaid amid the shutdown.
People
Shutdown's far-reaching effects could extend skyward
The shutdown is taking a toll on essential federal programs, including air traffic control and safety.
People
Feds rally against shutdown as missed paychecks loom
With feds on furlough or working without pay face the prospect of a missed paycheck, President Trump signaled a long shutdown by cancelling his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 22.
People
Shutdown heads into day 20 with no end in sight
President Trump and congressional Democrats continued their impasse over funding the government, with Trump stalking out of a meeting with Democratic leaders at the White House and Dems saying their "path forward" requires reopening shuttered agencies.
People
Democrats to offer four bills to reopen much of government
On day 18 of the partial government shutdown, Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) unveiled the House Democrats' plan to reopen government, calling the need to end the shutdown a top priority.
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