With the current government shutdown becoming the longest budget stalemate in history, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., wants to know how OPM plans on continuing to pay for federal employees’ health insurance, via @GovExec. govexec.com/pay-benefits/202…

A proposed @usedgov regulation would introduce new enforcement authority to a department the Trump administration has spent much of the year trying to unwind, centered on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, via @GovExec. govexec.com/pay-benefits/202…

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board will put into effect a final rule recalculating how federal employees repay accrued interest on reamortized loans from the government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan, via @GovExec. govexec.com/pay-benefits/202…

An April decision by the justices means that federal employees called up to active service could be eligible for differential pay, and that the Merit Systems Protections Board could receive a wave of new claims, via @GovExec. govexec.com/pay-benefits/202…

The U.S. Postal Service didn’t accurately plan the weight capacity of its operations with one air transport supplier, according to a new report, often paying shipping costs for unused capacity on flights, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

Over the last six years, agencies only implemented 1,800 of more than 32,000 Federal Protective Services recommendations to safeguard federal facilities, via @GovExec . govexec.com/management/2023/…

.@RepStefanik sponsored new legislation that would create an officer to help warn veterans about potential scam and identity theft schemes, via Government Executive. govexec.com/management/2023/…

The California congresswoman redrafted a bill with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., to establish an agency to help investigate and mitigate the effects of natural disasters in the U.S., via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

The cost of delayed repairs to federal facilities swelled 58% between fiscal 2017 and 2022, and the watchdog said that agencies can be doing more to inform about the backlog, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

Members of the office tasked with investigating harassment claims have been temporarily transferred following an investigation by the House Veterans Affairs Committee into sexual misconduct claims within that office, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

The agency’s pick for its new headquarters won out over sites in Virginia and Maryland despite being the smallest buildable offering. The choice has sparked some controversy, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

.@OMBPress detailed an enterprise-wide government contracting plan Wednesday centered on data-based buying and projected to save $10 billion annually, @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

GSA is utilizing funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to support 150 construction projects using “low-embodied carbon” materials, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., offered new legislation Friday to prevent the Biden administration from using federal appropriations to fund its planned 20,000-person climate workforce initiative, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…

Deltek posited in its contracting outlook for fiscal 2024 a potential talent crunch tied to the Biden administration’s return-to-office policies, via @GovExec. govexec.com/management/2023/…