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- Politicizing government investments hurts all of us
- GSA says it’s uncovered ‘record-setting’ $13B in suspected procurement fraud
- ‘Glaring violations’ of the Hatch Act by senior Trump officials have gone unpunished for months, good government group alleges
- Lawsuit seeks to enforce 2025 SCOTUS decision improving pay for feds called to active duty
- Trump admin delays TANF data sharing plan opposed by blue states
- TSP investments continued to tumble in July
- Funding deal could spare agencies another shutdown fight
- OPM breach victims could get identity protection for life
- Government service delivery needs standard definitions, former government tech leaders say
- Bill aims to end blocked congressional access at federal buildings
- USPS nominations test the future of bipartisan boards
- Lawmakers look to avoid government shutdown, and reconsider getting rid of them entirely
- GSA wants other agencies to borrow what's working on tech
- Gov News Today — July 14, 2026
- The biggest story in the federal workforce cuts isn't how many left, it's who wasn't replaced
- Beeck Center leader reflects on ‘bipartisan opportunity’ for government efficiency
- Trump wants to scrap a key framework for federal employee discipline
- Greg Barbaccia to leave federal CIO role at end of August
- Politicizing government investments hurts all of us
- GSA says it’s uncovered ‘record-setting’ $13B in suspected procurement fraud
- ‘Glaring violations’ of the Hatch Act by senior Trump officials have gone unpunished for months, good government group alleges
- EEOC votes to propose new rule stripping feds of hearing rights, class action complaints
- Want to retire at the end of 2026? Start planning now
- States, feds scramble to prevent more water cyberattacks
- Pushed out by the Trump administration, these ex-feds want to make agency firings simpler and fairer
- Unions: OPM’s suitability and performance management overhauls assert ‘plenary’ authority over federal firing
- State Department board’s ability to challenge firings undercut by DOJ
- Unions accuse mediation agency of ‘doublespeak’ in updated lawsuit
- Federal job listings provide clues for next set of Schedule P/C conversions